Museum of folk art

On the whole nothing in our world happens in a second, neither a thunder immediately starts, nor a rain. What was said implies that everything happens gradually and if we are unaware of those gradual developments it still doesn’t mean they immediately started. So is the case with the Yerevan Folk Art Museum. This museum was opened in 1978, but was it its origin?

Yerevan Folk Art Museum’s origins date back to the 1930s. Back then ethnographer and folk-collector Habetnak Babayan founded the Folk Art House. The collection this house included served as a firm ground for the establishment of the museum. Currently it’s a unique cultural center where samples of applied, decorative and fine arts are preserved and displayed.

The significance of the museum is explained by the fact that gives a broader idea of how Armenian folk art developed and introduces the stages of that development. The collection features 12,000 samples of wood, stone engraving, embroidery, metal art design, ceramics, embroidery, miniatures, carpets, rugs and paintings. Other than introducing the development stages of folk art, they also show which branches of folk art used to develop.

The artwork of well-known self-taught artists can also be found in the museum. They are particularly exhibited in the Paintings and Applied and Decorative Arts sections.

Yerevan Folk art Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday. From Tuesday to Saturday it’s open from 10 am to 5 pm, while on Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm.

The entrance fee is the same for children, Armenian and foreign citizens, and it makes up 500 dram.