Things to do in Armenia, Armenia: The Best Museums

Edvard Isabekyan gallery was founded in 2004 and opened in 2013. Edvard Isabekyan’s son Aram Isabekyan has donated 28 of Edvard’s well known paintings to the city of Yerevan that were presented in his permanent exhibition. Irina Isabekyan has been the director of the gallery since its opening. Edvard Isabekyan’s art is being displayed on the both floors of the gallery. On the circular shaped top floor are his large epical paintings. The painter’s view on history transforms today power, pride, virility and the spirit of past victory. Edvard Isabekyan’s gallery is actively involved in Yerevan’s cultural life. The gallery’s director Irina Isabekyan organizes events, lectures and meetings that are aimed to discover Edvard Isabekyan as a painter, writer, educator, caring citizen but foremost as a patriot.

Gala Art Gallery is recognized for the scope and quality of collection becoming a leading cultural voice in the region, representing a roster of Armenian artists with a national and international profile and museum presence. The gallery specializes in original paintings and sculpture by historically significant Armenian artists from the late nineteenth century to the present. In presenting paintings of both modern and contemporary masters to the art market, Gala Art Gallery is doing much more than providing investment quality art with the aim of educating a wider audience about the art of this significant region.

The Visitor Centre of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia is aimed to increase public awareness of operations and the role of the Central Bank by using various educational instruments, which include static, thematic and interactive demonstrations. Schoolchildren and students are the main target, and the Central Bank organizes two or three visits per day.

"Ter-Ghazaryans’ Micro Art" is the first museum of microminiatures in Armenia. The main exhibition includes the micro works of grandfather and grandson Eduard Ter-Ghazaryan, placed on specially designed pedestals, with built-in lighting. Exhibits depict some of the cartoons created by the elder Eduard Ter-Ghazaryan, part of his unique musical instruments. The film portrays his multilateral and phenomenal genius. The idea of creating a museum was born in 2009, when grandfather Eduard Ter-Ghazaryan transmitted the secrets of this unique art to his namesake grandson, with the message that the latter preserves them, develops micro art and transmits it to future generations. The Ter-Ghazaryans’ Micro Art Museum has operated since November 1, 2018.

Lusik Aguletsi was a painter, Honored Worker of Armenian Culture, collector, writer, ethnology lover and faithful supporter of traditions. A woman, who could preserve more than a thousand different elements of Armenian culture, spending almost all her life on it. In this House Museum the only missing detail of Armenian culture was the cuisine. In the menu we are willing to demonstrate various colors of Armenian authentic cuisine by adding rare dishes. Come and feel the spirit of Armenia!