National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan

This is in the same building as the History Museum. Don't confuse the two, they have separate entry tickets - go upstairs for the art collection ticket desk. 1500 dram for adult entry. A decent collection of European, Russian and Armenian art. There is also temporary exhibition space that costs extra. Galleries stretch over six floors.

The National Gallery of Armenia was founded in 1921 under the decree of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Armenian SSR) and represents the artistic section of the State museum. Upon its establishment the Gallery's art section encountered difficulties, largely because Yerevan lacked state owned and private art collections to form the core of the collection. The first works to enter the collection where the dozens of works purchased from an Armenian painters' exhibition in August 1921. A decisive factor in the founding of the Gallery's art collection was the transfer of the renowned collection of The Armenian Cultural Center (the former Lazarian Seminary, Moscow) and also the donations made by Armenian artists to the Gallery. By 1925, 400 pieces by Armenian, Russian and European artists were on display throughout the six halls which compose the museum's art section.