Cafesjian Museum of Art

It is located at the central Kentron District, in and around the Yerevan Cascade which is a complex of massive staircase with fountains, ascending up from the Tamanyan Street gardens and pedestrian zone.

Opened in November 2009, besides the exhibition of works of modern art, the museum offers a program of lectures, films, concerts, and educational initiatives for adults and children.

Other important glass artists in the collection include Dale Chihuly, Bohumil Elias, Pavel Hlava, Jaromír Rybák, Ivana Šrámková, Bertil Vallien, Lino Tagliapietra, Mark Peiser, and Hiroshi Yamano.

The collection also has substantial holdings in drawing, painting and sculpture by many influential artists including Fernando Botero, Arshile Gorky, Jennifer Bartlett, Lynn Chadwick, Barry Flanagan, Jaume Plensa, and François-Xavier Lalanne.

[11] On August 20, 2010, The Khanjyan gallery of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts hosted the informal meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states.

View of the Yerevan skyline and Mount Ararat from the stairs
View from a garden terrace of the Cafesjian Museum of Art at the Cascade
General view of the Cafesjian Centre
The Cafesjian Sculpture Garden
Fernando Botero, Mujer Fumando un Cigarrillo (Woman Smoking a Cigarette), 1987 bronze, dark brown patina
Nighttime view of Yerevan from atop the Cafesjian Museum of Art at the Cascade
Preparing for a concert at the Cafesjian sculpture garden