The National Museum of Armenian Ethnography is the largest one of ethnographic nature in Armenia.

The Europian Heritage Days  international event gave us a great opportunity  to hold temporary exhibitions, which would  help to show  the vicitors the remarkable phenomena and  objects of Europian culture, discovering cultural features, Armenian-Europian  cultural mutual relations. Over the past  three years  the museum had more than 10000 online visitors.

There is also an interesting  and happy  end story. Our museum worker, who was displaying  one of the models by the desinger, really  looked like  a fairy.Her future husband  saw her  for the first time  and they got married  very soon.  They  are very  happy couple now .

«THE  EUROPEAN  HERITAGE  DAYS  IN THE NATIONAL  MUSEUM  OF ARMENIAN  ETHNOGRAPHY» 

         The  National Museum of Armenian  Ethnography  is  the  largest  one  of  ethnogrphic 

nature             in        Armenia. The  Museum  was  founded  in  1978. It  is  rightly  considered  a  treasury of  national  culture, a  modern  temple.

           The      well-known   director, artist   Sergey  Parajanov  wrote  in  the  visitor's  book  of  impressions: "What  is  collected  and  exhibited  in  the  Museum  of  Sardarapat  is  a  miracle, the  Depository  of  Folk  Art".

According  to  another  definition  by  Boris  Piotrovsky, " It  is  a  small  Hermitage ". The  museum  houses  a  rich  and  diverse  collection  of  more  than  74.000  museum  items. It  displays  objects  dating  back  to  the  ancient  times  till  the  present  days  on  the  exhibitional  area  of  6.500  square  metres.

      In  addition  to  the  large  amount  of  valuable  materials  related  to  the  Armenian  national  cultural  heritage, the  cultural  values  of  other  peoples  are  preserved, studied   and  popularized  here.

"The  European  Heritage  Days "  international  event  gave  us  a  great  opportunity  to  hold  temporary  exhibitions,  which  would help  to  show  the  visitors  the   remarkable  phenomena  and  objects  of  European  culture,discovering  cultural  features,       Armenian-European  cultural  mutual  relations.

In  2019,  in  the  temporary  exhibition  hall  of  the  museum we  hold  an  exhibition  entitled   "Unforgettable  Melodies  of  Pathephones  and  Gramophones ",  where  European  phonographs, gramophones  and  records  were  displayed. They  were  accompanied  by  original  European interior  elements, European  outfit, men's  accessories  and  suits, men  and  women  wide-brimmed  hats, gloves, fans,  handbags, wallets, etc. All  of  these  items  were  from  the  museum  collection.

At  the  and  of  the  event, the  museum  staff  and  the  students  of  a  well-known  designer  Gayane  Yeghiazaryan  presented  her  models  in  the  European  style. The   designer  has  a  special  love  for  European, especially  Venetian  masks, which  play  a  significant  role  in  her  works. The  video  about  the  exhibition  was  posted  on  the  museum's  Facebook  page  and  had  more  than   1.200 views.

 There  is  also  an  interesting  and  happy end  story. Laura, a  museum  worker, who  was  displaying  one  of  the  works  by  the  designer, appeared  in  a  blue European  dress, hat  and  mask. She  really  looked  like  a  fairy. That day her  future  husband  saw  her  for  the  first  time . They  got married very soon, they are  a  happy  couple now  and  have  got  a  baby  daughter.

In 2020, the exhibition "Luxury of European Clothes" was held with the credo of European cultural peculiarities. An exhibition of European clothes was held in the museum  hall of decorative-applied art . In the framework of the project, a museum worker conducted a Spanish dance class, which was welcomed by visitors and virtual viewers.

During  the  2020  epidemic, besides  real  visitors, the  museum  received  thousands  of  virtual  visitors  as  well, who  enjoyed  watching  and  liked  the  videos  we  posted, including  those  dedicated  to  European  heritage.

In  2021, a  temporary exhibition entitled   "Collection  of  European  Tableware  and  Interior  Items"  was  held  in  the  hall  оf  the  museum  permanent  exhibition.

      Over  the  past  three  years  the   museum  had  more  than  10.000 online  visitors.

Universality is very typical  of the   Europian culture  and it  will   give opportunity to develop and promote    common cultural  values.