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National Library of Armenia

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Type
  
National Library

Size
  
6.6M items

Phone
  
+374 10 584259

Location
  
Yerevan, Armenia

Population served
  
900 per day

National Library of Armenia

Established
  
1832 (185 years ago) (1832)

Access requirements
  
passport and two photos

Address
  
72 Teryan St, Yerevan 0009, Armenia

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–8PMWednesday9AM–8PMThursday9AM–8PMFriday9AM–8PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–8PMTuesday9AM–8PMSuggest an edit

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The National Library of Armenia (Armenian:  Հայաստանի Ազգային Գրադարան (Hayastani Azgayin Gradaran)) is a national public library in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1832 as part of the state gymnasium-school of Yerevan. It is the official cultural deposit for the entire republic.

The current building of the library dating back to 1939, is on Teryan street of Kentron district. It was designed by architect Alexander Tamanyan to house around seven million books. Between 1925 and 1990, the library was named after Aleksandr Myasnikyan.

Currently, the library is home to a collection of 6.6 million books.

Oldest units

  • The oldest printed book in the library is Urbatagirk, published in Venice, 1512.
  • The oldest map in the library dates back to 1695, published in Amsterdam.
  • The oldest newspaper in the library is Azdarar, published in Madras, 1794.

    • References

    National Library of Armenia Wikipedia
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