Aksel Bakunts House Museum

The house-museum of Aksel Bakunts (Armenian great prose writer, film-writer, translator and public activist) is located in Goris, in the hometown of the playwright, in the house where he was born and lived. It is a private house in Goris typical Syunik of 19-20th centuries. As a House Museum it was established in 1968 and is considered to be a branch of the Museum of Literature and Art in Yerevan. The house was preserved in its original form, the interior and furniture were left just the way they were during the life of Aksel Bakunts. Besides of personal things, the museum exhibits a rich library, scientific and auxiliary materials, documents, photographs and materials of the writer’s cultural activities military life, years of education literary activity.
The writer’s rich library is also preserved here. The memorial room with private goods, photos and documents of the writer are preserved in safety. Various events concerning Bakunts’s works and literary issues as well as annual “Days of Bakunts” are organized in this museum dedicated to the life and cultural activity of the playwright.