Fiche du musée : Ruben Sevak Museum
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Emplacement du musée : Vagharshapat


Ruben Sevak Museum (Armenian: Ռուբեն Սևակ թանգարան) is an art museum located in Vagharshapat, Armenia. Opened on 10 September 2013, the museum is housed in the Ghazarapat building of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, adjacent to the Mother Cathedral. Ghazarapat itself is an 8th-century building previously used as a monastic residence. The first floor has been renovated through the efforts of the French-Armenian benefactor Hovhannes Chilingirian; who is a nephew of the Armenian poet Ruben Sevak. Priests from the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, archbishop of Armenian Apostolic churches in Armenia, Georgia and Russia and Eastern Europe Raphael Minasian, Hasmik Poghosyan the minister of culture, Hranush Hakobyan the minister of diaspora, operators in culture and education were present at the inauguration ceremony of the museum.