Manoogian Treasury House Museum

The museum presents unique holy relics, such as Saint Geghard – the spear with which the centurion Longinus pierced Jesus Christ and the splinter of Noah’s Ark. The museum collection of rarities includes church accessories of historical and artistic value, costumes embroidered with gold and pearls, crosses and staffs of Catholicoi, numerous ritual objects made of gold, silver and ivory, decorated with filigree and precious stones. Rare antique coins and ancient manuscripts are also displayed in the museum. The 17th-century Catholicoi armchairs – inlaid with mother of pearl and ivory, decorated with silver heads and paws of lions – are of particular interest.