He received his primary education in parish schools in the villages of Akhlatyan and Lor, then continued his studies at Baku Trade College.
In 1922–1924, he studied at the history-philological department of Yerevan State University, where he attended lectures by Manuk Abeghyan, Hrachia Adjarian, Hakob Manandyan, Leo and others.
During these years, under the leadership of Nicholas Marr and Joseph Orbeli, he became deeply involved in Armenology and studied the achievements of Russian science and culture.
Research works by Morus Hasratyan in 1940 were on architecture, archeology, philology, and the history of ancient and medieval centuries of Armenian nation.
[1] In 1940–1941 he worked in the Monuments preservation committee and took part in the architectural and archaeological research and renovation of Avan a famous sixth century cathedral.
In 1947, Hasratyan was an employee of Institute of History in the National Academy of Sciences and worked there for ten years.
He explored the Tsitsernavank three dimensional basilica, and revealed its pivotal role in the design of Armenian architecture.
With donations from the Diasporan Armenians the collections in the museum were complemented by unique samples of applied art from different historical-ethnographic regions of Armenia.