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 An aerial view of the Matenadaran showing its main/old (center) and new (upper right) buildings | |
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| Established | March 3, 1959[1] |
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| Location | 53 Mashtots Avenue, Kentron District, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Coordinates | 40°11′31″N 44°31′16″E / 40.19207°N 44.52113°E |
| Type | Art museum, archive, research institute |
| Collection size | ~23,000 manuscripts and scrolls (including fragments)[2] |
| Visitors | 132,600 (2019)[3] |
| Director | Arayik Khzmalyan |
| Architect | Mark Grigorian, Arthur Meschian |
| Owner | Government of Armenia, Ministry of Education and Science[4] |
| Website | matenadaran |
The Matenadaran (Armenian: Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts,[a] is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world's largest repository of Armenian manuscripts.[5]
It was established in 1959 on the basis of the nationalized collection of the Armenian Church, formerly held at Etchmiadzin. Its collection has gradually expanded since its establishment, mostly from individual donations. One of the most prominent landmarks of Yerevan, it is named after Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet, whose statue stands in front of the building. Its collection is included in the register of the UNESCO Memory of the World program.
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