Armenian Museum of America

The Armenian Museum of America is the largest Armenian museum in the Diaspora. It has grown into a major repository for all forms of Armenian material culture that illustrate the creative endeavors of the Armenian people over the centuries. Today, the Museum’s collections hold more than 25,000 artifacts including 5,000 ancient and medieval Armenian coins, 1,000 stamps and maps, 30,000 books, 3,000 textiles and 180 Armenian inscribed rugs, and an extensive collection of Urartian and religious artifacts, ceramics, medieval illuminations and various other objects. The collection includes historically significant objects, including five of the Armenian Bibles printed in Amsterdam in 1666.
Announcements

Haig Hovsepian kicks off new concert series Music in Color at the Armenian Museum of America

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America is proud to announce the launch of Music in Color, a dynamic new concert…

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Announcements

“Fragments of Memory” presents the art of Varujan Boghosian

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America of Watertown (Boston) recently announced a new exhibition of 45 works by Armenian-American artist…

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Diaspora

Tsitoghdzyan’s “Filtered Identity” opens at Armenian Museum of America

WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Sept. 19, 2024, the Armenian Museum of America (AMA) in Watertown, Massachusetts welcomed more than 200 members and…

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Diaspora

Armenian Museum of America announces opening of Tigran Tsitoghdzyan’s “Filtered Identity” exhibit

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America ​recently announced the opening of its next contemporary art exhibition, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan’s “Filtered Identity.”…

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Announcements

Digital archive of Armenian music now accessible via Armenian Museum of America website

By Jesse Kenas Collins WATERTOWN, Mass.—Over the past year, the Armenian Museum of America’s Sound Archive program has taken a…

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Diaspora

Member event at Armenian Museum of America mixes art, philanthropy and community

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America’s second annual Members Reception and Christmas Gallery Stroll on Dec. 7 was a huge…

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Community News

Armenian Museum of America presents “Early Recordings of Armenian Classics” by Ara Dinkjian on November 9

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America (AMA) is elated to present “Early Recordings of Armenian Classics” featuring eminent musician and…

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Diaspora

Artist panel at Armenian Museum to feature Harvard’s Christina Maranci and Hrag Vartanian of Hyperallergic

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America will host a series of programs the weekend of September 23-24 highlighted by an…

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Diaspora

Exhibit featuring Saroyan artworks opens at Armenian Museum

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Following the donation of Ruben Amirian’s “Homage to Mesrop Mashtots,” a 14-foot composite work celebrating the Armenian alphabet, art…

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Art

Photography and installation explore issues of dislocation and cultural identity at Armenian Museum of America

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America (AMofA) has announced the opening of its next contemporary art exhibition, “Ara Oshagan: Disrupted,…

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