| What one can do in Yerevan

Visitors of the Armenian capital can enjoy walking the city streets and see many historical and cultural sights.

Quite a number of cozy parks and public gardens accentuate 106 various colors and shades of tufa stone, the main construction material used in Yerevan. Armenia’s rich history and culture are well documented in over 100 museums. Most of them are in Yerevan. The History Museum has the richest collection of historical data. Matenadaran is the treasure of Medieval Armenian culture. It has a collection of over 16000 manuscripts. The National Art Gallery has three main expositions, those of Armenian, Russian and European arts. The Children’s Art Museum has a unique collection of pictures from 130 countries. The Modern Art Museum exhibits works of contemporary artists who often blend Armenian traditions with European and American avant-garde.

There are more than 16 churches in Yerevan, and among them are St. Sargis(XIXc.), St. Gregory, St. Hovhannes(XVIIIc.), Zoravor (XVIIIc.). Some ruined churches and chapels are being reconstructed or renovated.

There are a lot of places of entertainment in Yerevan: theaters, concert halls, cinemas, discotheques, casinos and amusement parks, which offering billiard, carting, bowling, paintball, catapult and others.

Visitors of Yerevan can also take their time in many cafes, restaurants and night clubs and enjoy the rich Armenian cuisine, the famous Armenian cognac and good wines.
You can buy a great variety of souvenirs in the stores and art bazaars. On weekends the art fairs provide a choice of paintings and artifacts made of obsidian, silver, gold, wood, etc.

For more comprehensive information related to places of entertainment in Yerevan, please see the list below.

| Places of Leisure and Entertainment

- Museums, Art Galleries

- Theaters

- Concert Halls

- Cinemas

- Amusement Parks / Sport

Museums, Art Galleries

Ara Sargsyan and Hakob Kojoian House-Museum
Address: 70 Pushkin Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 10:00am-4:00pm

Arame Art Gallery
Address: Yerevan, Amiryan St. 13
URL: http://aramegallery.com/

Architect Alexander Tamanyan Research Institute-Museum
Address: Government House, 3rd Building, Yerevan
Working Days: Wednesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-5:00pm

Cafesjian Museum Foundation
Address: Yerevan, Tamanyan St. 2, Apt. 48
URL: http://www.cmf.am/

Children’s Art Gallery
Address: 13 Abovyan Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Composer Alexander Spendiaryan House-Museum
Address: 21 Nalbandyan Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:30pm

Composer Aram Kachaturyan House-Museum
Address: 3 Zaroubian Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Monday-Saturday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Derenik Demirchyan House-Museum
Address: 29 Abovyan Str., apt. 4, Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Saturday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Erebouni: Museum of the Establishment of Yerevan
Address: 38 Erebuni Ave., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday- Sunday
Working Hours: 10:00am-5:00pm

Ervand Kochar Museum
Address: 39/12 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday- Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-5:00pm

House-Museum of Poet-Writer Hovhannes Tumanian
Address: 40 Moskovyan Str., Yerevan

Khachatour Abovyan House-Museum
Address: 2nd Kanaker Str. apt. 4, Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday- Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Martiros Saryan House-Museum
Address: 3 Saryan Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Everyday except Thursday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Matenadaran-Institute of Ancient Manuscripts
Address: 53 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan
URL: http://www.matenadaran.am/
Working Days: Tuesday-Saturday
Working Hours: 10:00am-4:00pm

Middle East Museum
Address: 1 Aram Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Saturday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Mother Armenia Military Museum
Address: Victory Park, 2 Azatutian Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: Tue.-Fri. 10:00am-5:00pm, Sat.-Sun. 10:00am-3:00pm

Museum of Folk Art
Address: 64 Abovyan Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Museum of Modern Art
Address: 7 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday- Sunday
Working Hours: 10:00am-4:00pm, Sunday-11:00am-3:00pm

Museum of Russian Arts
Address: 38 Isahakian Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday- Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm

Museum of Wood Carving
Address: 2 Paronyan Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday- Sunday
Working Hours: 12:00pm-6:00pm

Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide
Address: Tsitsernakaberd Park, Yerevan
Working Days: Every Day Except Monday
Working Hours: 11:00 pm -4:00 pm

National Gallery of Armenia
Address: Republic Square, Yerevan
URL: http://www.gallery.am/

Poet-Writer Avetik Issahakian House-Museum
Address: 20 Zaroubian Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00 pm -4:00 pm

Sergei Parajanov House-Museum
Address: 15/16 Dzoragyugh Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Every day
Working Hours: 10:30am-5:00pm

State History Museum of Armenia
Address: Republic Square, Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am-5:30pm, Sunday- 11:00am-4:30pm

State Museum of Nature
Address: 34 Tigran Mets Ave., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 11:00am -4:30pm

Yeghishe Charents House- Museum
Address: 17 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan
Working Days: Tuesday-Sunday
Working Hours: 10:00am-5:00pm

Yerevan History Museum
Address: 1 Argishti Str., Yerevan
Working Days: Monday-Friday
Working Hours: 10:00am-5:00pm
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Theaters

"Art Center of Aesthetics" Small Theatre
Address: 11 Abovyan Str., Yerevan

Agulis Puppet Theatre
Address: 29 Abovian Str., Yerevan

G. Sundukian National Academic Theatre
Address: 6 G. Lusavorich Str., Yerevan

H. Ghaplanyan Drama Theatre
Address: 28 Issahakian Str., Yerevan

H. Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy
Address: 7 V. Sargissian Str., Yerevan

H. Tumanyan State Puppet Theatre
Address: 4 Sayat-Nova Ave., Yerevan

Hamazgayin Theatre
Address: 26 Amiryan Str., Yerevan

Henrik Malian Theatre of ArmenFilm Studio
Address: 18 Vardanants Str. (Cinema House), Yerevan

K. Stanislavski State Russian Drama Theatre
Address: 7 Abovyan Str., Yerevan

Metro Theatre
Address: Garegin Nzhdeh Metro Station, Yerevan

Mher Mkrtchyan Artistic Theatre
Address: 18 Khorenatsi Str., Yerevan

State Marionette Theatre
Address: 43 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan

State Musical Chamber Theatre
Address: 1 Proshyan Str., blind alley #1, "Marshal Baghramyan" Metro Station, Yerevan

State Song Theatre of Armenia
Address: 13a Khanjyan Str., Yerevan

State Youth Theater
Address: 3 Baghramyan Str., Yerevan

Yerevan Chamber Theatre
Address: 58 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan
URL: http://www.erkat.am/

Yerevan State Theatre of the Young Spectator
Address: 3 Moskovian Str., Yerevan
Phone: (+374 10) 563040, 565061
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Concert Halls

Alexander Spendiaryan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Address: 54 Tumanyan St., Yerevan
URL: http://www.opera.am/

Aram Khachatryan Concert Hall
Address: 46 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan
URL: http://www.apo/

Arno Babajanayan Concert Hall
Address: 2 Abovyan Str., Yerevan

Avantgarde Folk Music Club
Address: 3a Pushkin Str., Yerevan
URL: http://www.ara.am/

Conservatory Concert Hall
Address: 1a Sayat Nova Ave., Yerevan

Karen Demirchyan Sport-Concert Complex
Address: Tsitsernakaberd Park, Yerevan

Komitas Chamber Music Hall
Address: 1 Issahakyan Str., Yerevan
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Cinemas

Cinema Moscow
Address: 18 Abovyan Str., Yerevan
URL: www.moscow.am

Cinema Nairi
Address: 50 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan

Circus
Address: 1 Agatangeghos Str., Yerevan
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Amusement Parks / Sport

Ararat Valley Country Club
Address: 50 Gevork Chaush Str., Yerevan

"Arena" Bowling Club
Address: 8 Mashtots Ave., Yerevan
Phone: (+374 10) 536101, 530111, 536141
URL: http://www.bowling.am/

Haghtanak Recreation Prk
Address: Yerevan, Azatutyan Ave. 2

Luna-Park
Address: Yerevan, Oghakadzev Park

Open Air Billiards
Address: Tumanian Str., Opera and Ballet House Park., Yerevan

Open Air Billiards
Address: Park of Moskovyan and Issahakyan Streets, Yerevan

Play City of Fast Kart
Address: Yerevan, Acharyan St. 35
URL: http://www.playcity.info/

Water World
Address: 40 Myasnikian Str., Yerevan
URL: http://www.waterworld.am/
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