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Near East Museum

Near East Art Museum is a museum of art located in , . The museum was opened in 1993 and is based on a collection donated by Marcos Grigorian, painter, collector and honorary citizen of Yerevan in the memory of his daughter, actress Sabrina Grigorian, The museum shares the building with Yerevan Museum of Literature and Culture.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Friday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Yerevan, Armenia
  • Also known as: “Middle East Museum (Yerevan)” and “Near East Art Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include History Museum of Armenia and Republic Square.

Museum
Photo: EvgenyGenkin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a museum in with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 400,000 objects and was founded in 1920.

Square
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is the central in , the capital of . It consists of two sections: an oval roundabout and a trapezoid-shaped section which contains a pool with musical fountains. is situated 170 metres southwest of Near East Museum.

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yerevan and Kond.

Photo: Սէրուժ, CC BY 4.0.
is the capital of the Republic of , one of the three hubs of the South Caucasus and is home to over a million people — the largest Armenian community in the world.

Neighborhood
Photo: Stamboltsyan, Public domain.
is one of the oldest quarters of . It is situated within the boundaries of the modern-day of the capital of . According to Hovhannes Shahkhatunyants, an Armenian historian, is located at the western and southern hillsides and foot of a rocky hill with similar name.

Neighborhood
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, is a neighbourhood in the of , .

Near East Museum

Latitude
40.17887° or 40° 10′ 44″ north
Longitude
44.51454° or 44° 30′ 52″ east
Open location code
8HG65GH7+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1437249612
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q22997527
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Near East Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف فنون الشرق الأوسط”
  • Armenian: “Միջին Արևելքի արվեստի թանգարան”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ھونەریی ڕۆژھەڵاتی نزیک”
  • Chinese: “中东艺术博物馆”
  • Chinese: “中東藝術博物館”
  • Esperanto: “Artmuzeo de Proksima Oriento”
  • French: “musée d’art moyen-oriental”
  • French: “Musée d’art moyen-oriental”
  • German: “Nahostmuseum”
  • Persian: “موزه هنری خاور نزدیک”
  • Russian: “Ближневосточный художественный музей”
  • Russian: “Музей ближневосточного искусства”
  • Russian: “Музей Ближний Восток”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte del Medio Oriente”
  • Swedish: “Mellanösternkonstmuseet”
  • Swedish: “Museet för Mellanösternkonst”
  • Swedish: “Museum för Mellanösternkonst”
  • Turkish: “Yakın Doğu Sanat Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Близького Сходу”
  • Western Armenian: “Միջին Արեւելքի Արուեստի Թանգարան”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include State Museum of Literature and Art After Yeghishe Charents and Tourist Information Center: Yerevan Card.

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