KHACHATUR ABOVYAN HOUSE-MUSEUM

The founder of modern Armenian literature Khachatur Abovyan was born in Abovyan's ancestral home in Kanaker district of Yerevan. It is house-museum of democratic and illuminator writer.

The exhibition hall and offices are located in the northern part of the two-storey building. The museum was entirely overhauled in 2005, and the exhibition was supplemented with new and inspiring materials and documents. They are represented in 12 categories, ranging from the birthplace Kanaker, Ejmiatsin, Nersisyan school, Dorpat study years 1826-1828, the history of Russian-Persian war, climbing Mount Ararat, the first step to gathering literary activities until his mysterious disappearance.