Hovhannes Toumanian Museum

I was thrilled to learn so much about this Beloved writer...from personal to professional perspective. So much memorabilia and specific information. My Guide Maida was Excellent and Super knowledgeable and very friendly.

This museum is dedicated to the great Hovhaness Tumanyan. Personally i’m not a huge fan of his literature. That being said, the man has had a very interesting life. This museum is very informative and has a few cool features like the augmented reality/hologram exhibit of Tumanyan himself. There is also a walk through exhibit of his home that was reconstructed to give you a better idea of his life. Tickets are very cheap. Worth a visit. The tour takes approximately 30-45minutes.

The museum is currently closed for renovation. However, there is a small temporary exbibition featuring a selection of items at the Khatchatur Abovyan Park. I received an excellent guided visit portraying the person of Hovhannes Tumànyan. I left feeling I knew the character and works of this great cultural giant.

At Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum, you can see the writer's personal belongings, documents, manuscripts, sketches and publications in more than 45 languages. More than 18,000 exhibits are stored here. The 54 steps of the museum's staircase symbolize the years of Tumanyan's life. Great museum, interesting place.

One of the best museums i have been too that shows the life of an individual so important to Armenia. I loved seeing the old house where Tumanyan lived and the hologram of him walking around one of his rooms was fantastic!

If you are interested in Armenian literature, than you must visit Tumanyan's museum. It was interesting to see and listen stories about writer's life. Also the tickets aren't expensive and you can visit it with children

U like historical places with art mood ? have good imagination ? like to feel great people souls ? - This place is for you ! It has unbelievable soul (read the history of this place, before visiting it) and manner of meeting guests.

Hovhannes Tumanyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան) (February 19 [O.S. February 7] 1869 – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, literary and public activist. He is considered the national poet of Armenia. Tumanyan wrote poems, quatrains, ballads, novels, fables, critical and journalistic articles.[2] His work was mostly written in realistic form, often centering on everyday life of his time.[1] Born in the historical village of Dsegh in the Lori region, at a young age Tumanyan moved to Tiflis, which was the center of Armenian culture under the Russian Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries.[3] He soon became known to the wide Armenian society for his simple but very poetic works. Many films and animated films have been adapted from Tumanyan's works. Two operas: Anush (1912) by Armen Tigranian and Almast(1930) by Alexander Spendiaryan, were written based on his works.