MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
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Architect: Arshak Ghazaryan
The museum building operates in the Dzoragyugh ethnographic district, on the high left bank of Hrazdan (now at 1 Sergei Parajanov Street).
In 1988, the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR allocated two adjacent buildings in the Dzoragyugh ethnographic district for a private house and museum for the world-famous film director and screenwriter Sergei Parajanov (Sargis Parajanian, 1924-1990). The project was developed in the Dzoragyugh ethnographic district restoration workshop (architect: Arshak Ghazaryan). The two-story building was constructed in the style of folk residential architecture, with wooden balconies and an inner courtyard. The work was interrupted due to the earthquake of December 7, 1988, and the museum opened only after Parajanov’s death in June 1991.
The museum collection consists of about 1,600 exhibits, most of which are Parajanov's works. The museum displays about 700 various works - collages, sketches for films, drawings, graphic works, personal items, documents, the furnishings of his Tbilisi house, and more.
The museum has
organized 65 exhibitions in different countries and cities around the world,
including China, Greece, France, Germany, Russia, Paris, London, Cannes,
Athens, Tokyo, Moscow, Rome, Tehran, Hollywood, Montreal, Brussels, and
elsewhere.
The house-museum
is a cultural center that preserves and promotes the works of the talented
artist.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
