Sisian History Museum after Nikoghayos Adonts

The Sisian History Museum is known for a rich ethnographic collection of artifacts from the Syunik region, including household objects, traditional costumes, and textiles. The museum is named after Nikoghayos Adonts, a well-known historian and philologist specializing in Byzantine studies, born in Brnakot village near Sisian. One of the most cherished items in the museum’s collection is a well-preserved Adonts family tree dating to 1680.

The museum also highlights the area’s archaeological, ethnographic, military, and cultural history, and includes a large sculpture garden which hosts a popular Bread Festival each fall. A ceramic vessel from the 3rd millennium BC decorated with a ram’s head, a traditional symbol of power in Syunik, is one of the other iconic objects in the collection.