Museums

Stepan Zoryan, a native of Vanadzor, was a Soviet Armenian writer who wrote about rural Armenian, its social problems and process of sovietization. The house-museum, opened in 1990 in the writer’s summer house, is located in the old quarters of Vanadzor.

The building, as well as the museum, was a project implemented by writer’s sons Levon and Karen Zoryans. Zoryan’s life and activities were closely tied to the Lori region, Tbilisi, and Yerevan. The museum introduces Stepan Zoryan’s early life in Old Vanadzor, the writer’s legacy, his career, and public activities. Today, the museum is also an active cultural and literary center of Vanadzor.

Operating hours:
Tue-Sat: 10 am – 6:30 pm
Sun-Mon: Closed

Located in the very center of the village of Dsegh, Hovhannes Tumanyan House-Museum is the most famous museum in the Debed Canyon, frequently visited by people from all over Armenia. Hovhannes Tumanyan, a renowned Armenian writer, translator, literary and public activist, and the national poet of Armenia, was a native of Dsegh. The building that houses the museum was built by Tumanyan’s father in the 1860s, and here in this house Hovhannes Tumanyan was born and spent his childhood and adolescence.

Even later, when Tumanyan moved to Tbilisi, he would spend the summer months in Dsegh. In 1939, on the occasion of the poet’s 70th anniversary, the house was turned into a museum featuring about 300 objects that tell visitors about the life and activities of Tumanyan on his way of becoming one of Armenia’s greatest writers.

Operating hours:
Tue-Sat: 11 am – 5 pm
Sun: 11 am – 4 pm
Mon: Closed

Լocated in the village of Sanahin, not far from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sanahin monastery, the Mikoyan Brothers museum is dedicated to two famous Soviet Armenians – Anastas Mikoyan, a communist revolutionary and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, and his brother Artem Mikoyan, a renowned aircraft designer who designed the MiG aircraft together with Mikhail Gurevich.

The museum opened in 1982. One of the MiG-21 aircrafts designed by Artem Mikoyan and Anastas Mikoyan’s GAZ-12 ZIM limousine were brought from Moscow for the museum’s opening ceremony. The museum houses various objects related to the lives and careers of the Mikoyan Brothers, such as clothing, equipment, posters, and even food. In the library of the museum, visitors can get acquainted with multilingual literature dedicated to Mikoyan Brothers and other related documents.

Tickets:
Adults: 500 AMD
Children aged 6-18: 250 AMD
Children aged 0-5: FREE

Operating hours (high season):
Monday-Sunday: 9:30 am – 4:45 pm

Opening hours in low season (November 1 – March 31):
Monday-Saturday: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: CLOSED