page_title: History Museum of Armenia
hierarchical_section_title: History Museum of Armenia
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Narodowa Galeria Armenii i Muzeum Historii Armenii. Erywań, Armenia. English: The National Gallery of Armenia and the History Museum of Armenia. Yerevan, Armenia. Русский: Национальная картинная галерея Армении и Национальный исторический музей Армении. Ереван, Армения. Հայերեն: Հայաստանի ազգային պատկերասրահ իսկ Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան. Երևան, Հայաստան.
context_page_description: The History Museum of Armenia is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 400,000 objects and was founded in 1920. 35% of the main collection is made up of archaeology related items, 8% of the collection is made up of Ethnography related items, Numismatics related items make up 45%, and 12% of the collection is made up of documents. It is regarded as Armenia's national museum and is located on Republic Square in Yerevan. The state financially supports the museum and owns both the collection and the building. The museum carries out conservation and restoration work and publishes works on Armenian architecture, archaeology, ethnography, and history. They also have published a series of reports on archaeological excavations since 1948. The museum carries out educational and scientific programs on Armenian history and culture as well.
context_section_description: The History Museum of Armenia is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 400,000 objects and was founded in 1920. 35% of the main collection is made up of archaeology related items, 8% of the collection is made up of Ethnography related items, Numismatics related items make up 45%, and 12% of the collection is made up of documents. It is regarded as Armenia's national museum and is located on Republic Square in Yerevan.  The state financially supports the museum and owns both the collection and the building. The museum carries out conservation and restoration work and publishes works on Armenian architecture, archaeology, ethnography, and history. They also have published a series of reports on archaeological excavations since 1948. The museum carries out educational and scientific programs on Armenian history and culture as well.
caption: The History Museum and the National Gallery share a building
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