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The Ruben Sevak Museum was opened in September 10, 2013.

History
The museum is located at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, in the Ghazarabat building which was built in the 18th century and renovated with the beneficence of Hovhannes Chilinkirian, a French Armenian and a nephew of Ruben Sevak. The museum is dedicated to Ruben Sevak, Krikor Zohrab, Siamanto, Daniel Varoujan, Komitas, and the other great figures as well as the 1.5 million Armenians who became victims to the Armenian Genocide, in 1915. Priests from the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, archbishop of Armenian Apostolic churches in Armenia, Georgia and Russia and Eastern Europe Raphael Minasian, Hasmik Poghosyan the minister of culture, Hranush Hakobyan the minister of diaspora, operators in culture and education were present at the inauguration ceremony of the museum.

Exhibitions
In the museum, the personal objects, documents, photos, manuscripts, works of art belonging to Rooben Sevak, a prose-writer, doctor, and a victim of the Armenian Genocide, as well as paintings by Western-Armenian artists are put on display. The museum also keeps canvas paintings presented by Hovhannes Chilinkirian to the Catholicosate of all Armenians.

Gallery
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