Martiros Saryan House-Museum in Yerevan, Armenia hosts a conference today and tomorrow dedicated to the 50th anniversary of its activity.

The two-day conference has brought together the representatives of those museums in Armenia and Russia, which keep and display the works of Martiros Sarian, one of the greatest Armenian painters of the 20th century.

A jubilee concert is scheduled at Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall on Thursday, at 7 p.m as part of the events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the house-museum’s establishment.

Director of Martiros Saryan House-Museum, Ruzan Saryan, delivered opening remarks at the conference today, noting the Armenian artist has his own place in the world art. Interest in Martiros Saryan’s art is growing annually, as evidenced by the increased number of visitors to his house-museum.

“People from different countries pay a visit to the house-museum to see Saryan’s works in his native country for the first time. They experience a cultural shock by discovering the painter’s great creative potential,” she added.

Martiros Saryan House-Museum was founded on November 26, 1967, by the special order of the Armenian Government.

The museum building consists of a two- storey mansion where the artist lived and worked in 1932-1972 and a three-storey gallery attached to it in 1967.The author of the house’s project was Alexander Tamanian – the eminent architect of Yerevan. The museum part was designed by Mark Grigorian.

The museum was reconstructed in 2016.

Today it features four stories instead of the previous three, with the fourth-floor hall set to house events, temporary exhibitions and concerts.