The Yeghegnadzor Regional Museum, , is a museum in Yeghegnadzor, in the province (marz) of Vayots Dzor in southern Armenia.. It was established in 1968, and holds approximately 9000 archaeological and ethnological artefacts dating from pre-historic times to the twentieth century.
Collection
The museum contains approximately 9000 objects, ranging in date from pre-historic times to the twentieth century. They include jewellery, tools, utensils, carpets and coins. The most significant is an intricate fourteenth-century khachkar carved by Momik, originally in the monastery of Noravank; it is two parts, which were found in different places.
The Bronze Age and Medieval artifacts found during the archiological excavations of ancient Moz town of 1930, 1978, 1979 also are on display at the Yeghegnadzor Regional Museum.
Gallery
References
Deirdre Holding, Tom Allen (2018). Armenia: with Nagorno Karabagh. Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire: Bradt Travel Guides. .
About Us. Regional Museum of Yeghegnadzor. Accessed January 2020.
Alex Jones, Tom Masters, Virginia Maxwell, John Noble (2016). Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan. Carlton, Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications.
Speaking Stones tour at Yeghegnadzor Regional Museum. My Armenia Cultural Heritage Tourism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Archived 15 February 2020.