Matenadaran

The Matenadaran Museum is a calm and impressive place that leaves you with a quiet sense of admiration. Seeing age-old manuscripts preserved so carefully is truly fascinating, even if you’re not an expert. Some of the manuscripts are unique and beautifully crafted, making the experience feel special and meaningful. The atmosphere is peaceful, the building itself is striking, and you naturally slow down as you walk through. It’s a place that makes you appreciate how knowledge and history have been protected and passed on through generations.

What a powerful place. Seeing 2000-year-old manuscripts up close is just an incredible experience. The collection is vast and includes texts from many different countries. We had a great guide who made the whole visit super interesting and easy to understand. If you're into history, you can't miss this.

Amazing old Bibles!! Wonderful place Very great lay out. Bibles are explained in four languages so you can read and understand. The staff will answer questions if you ask them, so that's also nice. You can take pictures without flash.

A unique museum presenting an interesting collection of manuscripts from various the Middle Ages onwards. They are all very pretty, and the only downside is the small size of the museum.

Definitely visit for a unique museum! The entrance and building is very cool and their collection of manuscripts is amazing! Many old and biblical texts in addition to others such as political documents, medical texts, etc. They accepted our international university ID cards and gave us the student discount (each student ticket costs 300).

It has a great collection of manuscripts on display. However it's a shame that it doesn't let people take photos or videos. And the fit shop section was closed during our visit on a Friday early afternoon and we couldn't buy anything though we wanted to. There were many people working though.

I did not know what to expect from this museum, but I certainly did not expect to be so deeply...moved by its collection. The minuscule details, the amount of time, work, attention, precision, and talent that went into producing those illuminations and miniatures simply blew me away. A must see in Yerevan.

Super nice museum, even if many exhibits are not in a Western language. But the atmosphere, the ancient scriptures are all well displayed.