Armenian Museum of Tabriz is one of the main museums in the Tabriz city, which is located at the site of Virgin Mary Church. The museum is managed by the Caliphate of Armenians in Azerbaijan.
Armenian Museum of Tabriz contains a variety of antique objects like historical handwritten and printed books in languages of Armenia, Persian and Arabic, scrolls, commands, paintings, coins, jewelries, weapons, canes, silver, copper, pottery and crystal objects, wooden arts and dozens of other elegant and precious arts.
This objects were collected by the Armenian families and were donated to the museum. There are numerous historical objects that tied to the history and culture of Armenians and have great importance to them. The objects include the wood carved velvet chair (built in 1728 for the archbishop of the Akhtamar Church located on Akdamar Island in Lake Van), the cane belongs to the archbishop (built in 1825), the church bell of Akhtamar (built in 1831), marble inscriptions related to Nassereddin Shah period, 117 Persian and Arabic manuscripts, 35 Armenian manuscripts, one Hebrew scroll on deer skin and a 1642 edition of Nezami’s Khamseh.
Several crowns, badges and crosses were transported to Tabriz during the events of 1895 (the self-defensive of Armenian population of Van against the Ottoman Empire).
The big candlesticks of Saint Stepanos Church, Saint Thaddeus Church, the great bell and inlay door of this church were also transferred to Tabriz.
There are also important and historical books such as Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi, Nezami’s Khamse and the bible in Armenian.
