Inside the compound of Vanak Church in Isfahan, a large building is dedicated to a beautiful and spectacular museum, Vank Church Museum.
In the pleasant atmosphere of this two-story museum, you will see antique objects and Armenian manuscripts with beautiful colors and glazes which will certainly attract you. You will not get tired of visiting this museum.
In 1930, the independent Vank Church Museum was established. There were many exquisite paintings and antiques in the warehouse of Vank Church and other Armenian churches and houses. Those objects and works of art were collected and displayed in the museum hall.
In 1971, considering the geographical and political location of Julfa; The new museum will be built north of the altar of Vank Church.
Among the works of the museum are a collection including: seven hundred and ten volumes of “Manuscripts”, “Plastering and painting artworks”, “Metal works”, “Textiles of traditional hand-woven and embroidery”, “Porcelain and pottery”, “Wooden works”, “Commands”, “Printing Industry Booth “,” Coins “and …
A variety of ancient Bibles and manuscripts in the Armenian language, paintings sometimes brought to Iran from Europe, decrees of Persian kings throughout history regarding the Armenians, many unique Safavid mirror artworks, sacred vessels, special chines vessels and also Armenian clothes are some of the spectacular attractions of this museum that you must visit.
One of the most famous works kept in the Vank Church Museum is a hair belonging to an eighteen-year-old girl on which Vahram Hakopian wrote a sentence from the Torah in Armenian with a diamond pen in 1974. This work was donated and transferred to the museum in 1975. Visitors can see this sentence on the hair with a microscope installed for this purpose.
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