National Gallery of Armenia
National Gallery of Armenia
4.5
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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The National Gallery of Armenia is the major fine art museum in Armenia and the largest in the world with its Armenian fine arts collection. Established in 1921. The collection includes more than 40 000 highly valuable works of Armenian and foreign fine art and those of decorative-applied art among which are the famous masterpieces of Hovhannes Aivazovsky, Vardges Sureniants, Martiros Sarian, Wassily Kandinsky, Mark Chagall, Donatello, Gustave Courbet and other distinguished artists.
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Andy F
Sunnyvale, CA78 contributions
Oct 2018 • Solo
This modest museum contains 7 floors of Armenian art. It's located in the same building as the National History Museum. Unlike the National History Museum, it does have an elevator, but I do not think it's handicap accessible because the entrance to the museum requires a large flight of stairs (if I am wrong, please correct me)
The admission is very inexpensive. I paid for all three special exhibits, and the total cost came to only $5.
Just like the National History Museum, the only toilets are located on the ground floor. There are no water fountains in the museum, but you are permitted to bring bottled water.
Don't go there expecting the Louvre. But it will give you a very nice insight into different Armenian artists that span many different centuries. It is not crowded. You can take your time quietly browsing all the exhibits.
The admission is very inexpensive. I paid for all three special exhibits, and the total cost came to only $5.
Just like the National History Museum, the only toilets are located on the ground floor. There are no water fountains in the museum, but you are permitted to bring bottled water.
Don't go there expecting the Louvre. But it will give you a very nice insight into different Armenian artists that span many different centuries. It is not crowded. You can take your time quietly browsing all the exhibits.
Written 13 October 2018
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knarikmelkonian
Yerevan, Armenia86 contributions
Aug 2018 • Friends
The galery is in the heart of the capital city Yerevan, the Republic square. The galery is big, get ready to enjoy your time here! Besides the main exhibition you can find different short-term exhibitions too. Enjoy!
Written 25 August 2018
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Sophie T
36 contributions
Nov 2019 • Couples
The gallery has 5 floors of art, 3 of which were Armenian artists. Interesting to see the range of styles and representation of Armenian landscapes etc. Prepare your sense of humour for the slightly bizarre building layout, creaky retro lift, and schoolteacher-esque ladies ordering you in the right direction (and expect a tut if you don't close the door behind you). Take it as part of the experience and you will enjoy it!
Written 5 November 2019
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Sophia W
14 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
Unprofessional staffs! There’re always 2-4 female staffs gather together and chat to each other “all the time”, on each FLOOR!!!!!
Annoying or not, you can’t enjoy art with grandma chats, aren’t you?
Btw, they charged double prices for foreigners, but they don’t provide different languages’ audio guides, which means no added values but just extra payment, an excellent office!
Annoying or not, you can’t enjoy art with grandma chats, aren’t you?
Btw, they charged double prices for foreigners, but they don’t provide different languages’ audio guides, which means no added values but just extra payment, an excellent office!
Written 9 November 2023
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Alina
Toronto, Canada23 contributions
Jul 2014 • Family
There aren't a lot of Armenian painters, so you don't have to do much to qualify being put on the walls in the Art Gallery. I would recommend to use the time somewhere else.
Written 22 July 2014
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Magnar J
Stavanger, Norway54 contributions
Oct 2019
Great museum in the center of Yerevan. Beautiful building and great selections. Plan to stay for a couple of hours.
Written 3 November 2019
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Stanislav M
Boise, ID74 contributions
Nov 2016 • Friends
I was not sure what to expect from this gallery since I haven't heard much about it, but turns out it's pretty good. The collection is a bit eclectic due to it being, as I understood, in significant part contributed by donors but has some interesting pieces both classic (Dutch, Italian, etc.) and more modern - impressionist/expressionist, etc. Good representation of Armenian painters, Aivasovsky of course has a prominent place. In my opinion, well worth spending half-day or so when you plan what to do in Erevan, or at least couple of hours if you have less time (though collection is pretty large, you won't be able to see all).
The technical side - building maintenance, lighting, climate control, etc. - need some upgrading. Elevator only works from the lowest floor up to the highest, but not between, so if you are not comfortable with long flights of stairs or are disabled, it's going to be an issue. The building itself looks well-worn inside, probably didn't see a renovation for some time. I guess may be a financing issue. Maybe they could charge a bit more for admission? Right now it's less than $2, could be more I think. I'd pay it.
Lighting is also less-than-perfect in many places, and during our visit lights went out completely, fortunately it was a sunny day so we still could continue viewing and lists were back after a while. But I'm not sure exposing paintings to sunlight this way is a great idea...
Also could use some better signage and more descriptions/biography/context information - about the paintings and painters. We all have Wikipedia in our pockets now of course, but it's be more comfortable not to get distracted when I want to know more about specific painter but just read it. The gallery definitely could use some acquaintance with 21th century :)
Summarizing - pretty decent collection though the technical side definitely could use a lot of improvement.
The technical side - building maintenance, lighting, climate control, etc. - need some upgrading. Elevator only works from the lowest floor up to the highest, but not between, so if you are not comfortable with long flights of stairs or are disabled, it's going to be an issue. The building itself looks well-worn inside, probably didn't see a renovation for some time. I guess may be a financing issue. Maybe they could charge a bit more for admission? Right now it's less than $2, could be more I think. I'd pay it.
Lighting is also less-than-perfect in many places, and during our visit lights went out completely, fortunately it was a sunny day so we still could continue viewing and lists were back after a while. But I'm not sure exposing paintings to sunlight this way is a great idea...
Also could use some better signage and more descriptions/biography/context information - about the paintings and painters. We all have Wikipedia in our pockets now of course, but it's be more comfortable not to get distracted when I want to know more about specific painter but just read it. The gallery definitely could use some acquaintance with 21th century :)
Summarizing - pretty decent collection though the technical side definitely could use a lot of improvement.
Written 16 November 2016
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genibre69
London, UK5,264 contributions
Jun 2022 • Solo
Yes I enjoyed the Armenian impression exhibit, but it’s completely unfair to charge full price when 90% is closed and will be for some time!! Photos allowed.
Written 4 June 2022
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vdshkolnikov
Warsaw, Poland31 contributions
May 2017 • Business
Third largest classic art museum in the former Soviet Union. Pieces by Boticelli and Tintoretto are in the collection. Check out very unusual Chagalls. I visited this place first in the 1990s, and they had quite a few Socialist Realism paintings. After the renovation, Socialist Realists have been scaled down in favor of Armenian portrait art. You will need 3 hours for the visit. The price of the ticket is about 1.5 Euro.
Written 10 May 2017
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Suha H
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates63 contributions
Oct 2014 • Family
Lots of History and staff are helpful, not easy to use a baby stroller inside as moving from one level to to the other is through the Stairs, but managable
Written 15 March 2015
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работает ли Галерея с 1 по : января 2017 года?
Written 23 November 2016
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Как работает Галерея в новогодние праздники 2016 года?
Written 23 November 2016
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