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Dzitoghtsyan Museum of National Architecture

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Established
  
1984

Director
  
Sona Harutyunyan

Location
  
Gyumri,  Armenia

Founded
  
1984

Dzitoghtsyan Museum of National Architecture

Type
  
Popular art, social life, architecture

Similar
  
St Saviour's Church, Gyumri Football Academy, Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, Poloz Mukuch Beerhouse, Sev Berd

Officially Dzitoghtsyan House-Museum of Social Life and National Architecture (Armenian: Ձիթողցյանների քաղաքային կենցաղի և ազգային ճարատարապետության տուն-թանգարան), is a museum in Gyumri, Armenia. It was founded in 1984 in the Dzitoghtsyan family house, dating back to the 19th century. The museum exhibits elements of the daily urban life of Gyumri, as well as the local cultural and architectural characteristics of the city.

The famous house of Dzitoghtsyan family was built in 1872 by 4 brothers who migrated from the Western Armenian village of Dzitogh, to the city of Alexandropol. It is built with the famous red tuff stone of Shirak.

The house-museum, exhibits a collection of the Alexandropol social life characteristics, from the 19th century up to the 1920s. It also features the cultural, architectural and religious aspects of the city.

References

Dzitoghtsyan Museum of National Architecture Wikipedia