National Gallery of Armenia

The National Gallery of Armenia is the biggest craftsmanship exhibition hall in Armenia. Situated on Yerevan's Republic Square, the historical center has a standout amongst the most conspicuous areas in the Armenian capital. The NPGA houses critical accumulations of Russian and Western European workmanship and the world's biggest gathering of Armenian craftsmanship. The historical center had 65,000 guests in 2005. The National Gallery of Armenia NGA was established in 1921 under the pronouncement of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenian SSR and speaks to the creative area of the State exhibition hall.

Upon its foundation, the NGA's specialty segment experienced troubles, to a great extent since Yerevan needed state claimed and private workmanship accumulations to shape the center of the gathering. The main attempts to enter the gathering where the many works acquired from an Armenian painters' show in August 1921. An unequivocal factor in the establishment of the NGA's craft accumulation was the exchange of the prestigious gathering of The Armenian Cultural Center the previous Lazarian Seminary, Moscow and furthermore the gifts made by Armenian specialists to the NGA.

By 1925, 400 pieces by Armenian, Russian and European specialists were in plain view all through the six corridors which create the gallery's craft area. By 1935, the state workmanship segment, which had experienced numerous repairs, turned into a different Art Museum. In 1947 the display was re-named the State Picture Gallery of Armenia and along these lines renamed the National Gallery of Armenia in 1991. The photo exhibition's expansive accumulation of works are in plain view on account of the endeavors of numerous committed comrades and well-disposed gifts from outside partners.