The 15 best museums and galleries in Yerevan

Updated August 2026 · Chosen editorially. Rankings are never sold.

Fifteen museums and galleries in Yerevan, from the Museum of History of Armenia to the Cafesjian Center for the Arts. These are editorial picks, not a ranking — read them in whatever order suits you.

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   Mother ArmeniaYerevan

   Mother Armenia is the 54-metre WWII victory monument towering over Yerevan's Victory Park, its statue alone rising 22 metres.

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   Museum of History of ArmeniaYerevan

   Yerevan's Museum of History of Armenia holds the country's national collection of 400,000 objects, from archaeology to coins, on Republic Square.

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   National GalleryYerevan

   The National Gallery of Armenia spans 56 exhibition halls on Yerevan's Republic Square — the country's largest fine arts museum, founded in 1921.

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   Sergey Parajanov museumYerevan

   The Sergey Parajanov museum in Yerevan gathers the film director and artist's work into one of the city's most visited museums.

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   Ararat Brandy MuseumYerevan

   Ararat Brandy Museum in Yerevan is open daily 09:00-20:00, with free parking and wheelchair access.

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   Megerian CarpetYerevan

   Megerian Carpet runs a carpet museum, factory, shop and restaurant in Yerevan, founded in 1917.

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   Cafesjian Center for the ArtsYerevan

   Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan shows contemporary art alongside works from the Cafesjian Art Trust, open Friday to Sunday.

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   ShengavitYerevan
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   Museum of Folk ArtsYerevan

   The Museum of Folk Arts in Yerevan shows carpets, embroidery, metalwork and pottery made by self-taught Armenian craftsmen since 1978.

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    Alexander Spendiaryan House MuseumYerevan

    The Alexander Spendiaryan House Museum in Yerevan preserves the home where the composer lived his final years, 1926 to 1928.

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    Ara Sargsyan's & Hakob Kojoyan's museumYerevan

    Ara Sargsyan's & Hakob Kojoyan's museum is a house museum in Yerevan where the two artists lived from 1934, now a branch of the National Gallery.

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    Artists Union of ArmeniaYerevan

    Artists Union of Armenia is the professional body for the country's painters, sculptors and art critics, founded in 1933 in Yerevan.

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    Book Printing MuseumYerevan

    Book Printing Museum in Yerevan traces the history of the printed Armenian book, inside the National Library building.

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    CBA Visitor CentreYerevan

    CBA Visitor Centre is an interactive museum inside the Central Bank's historic Yerevan building, tracing money history and monetary policy in Armenia.

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    Communication MuseumYerevan

    The Communication Museum in Yerevan is Armenia's only museum on the history of communications, founded in 2012 and run by Telecom Armenia.