MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
Hovhannes Toumanian Museum
The Hovhannes Toumanian Museum preserves and exhibits the literary and material heritage of the great poet.
State index: 1.6.170
Architect: Grigor Aghababyan
In
1949 on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of Hovhannes Toumanian's birth, under the leadership of the First
Secretary of the Central Committee Grigor Harutyunov, the government decided to build a museum
in Yerevan in honor of his everlasting memory and for preservation of his
literal and material heritage.
On April 5, 1953, at 40 Moskovyan Street
in Yerevan, the museum of the famous writer, translator, and storyteller
Hovhannes Toumanian was opened. The author of the main building was the
chief architect of Yerevan Grigor Aghababyan.
There
are more than 19 000 exhibits at the museum.
The 54 steps leading to the museum
symbolize the years of the poet's life. A high relief of Hovhannes Toumanian is attached to the
left-hand retaining wall of the staircase (sculptor Ghukas Chubaryan, bronze,
1971).
VISITOR INFORMATION
Due to renovation and reconstruction works, the Hovhannes Toumanian Museum is temporarily relocating to the building of the “Hrant Matevossian” Cultural Center-Museum instead of the address at 40 Moskovyan. The exhibition is presented on two floors. The exhibition on the first floor is called “ Toumanian the Reader”. The writer’s bookshelves, a cozy corner from the living room of his Tbilisi apartment and other exhibits are presented. The exhibition on the second floor is dedicated to the activities of “Vernatun”. Here, various parts of Toumanian’s last Tbilisi apartment have been reproduced.
Address: Yerevan,
Abovyan 51/1
Tel.: 011 560 021, 094
516 021
