Institute of Arts (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia)

What Institute of Arts (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) does

The Institute of Arts is a government research institution within the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, headquartered at Marshal Baghramian Avenue 24g, Yerevan. Established in the 1940s (with an 80th-anniversary milestone recorded), it conducts scholarly research across Armenian art history, music, theater, cinema, visual and applied arts, and architecture. Its academic staff includes Doctors and Professors of Art History, Architecture, and Pedagogical Sciences, and the institute publishes the peer-reviewed Art Studies Journal (ISSN 2579-2830), maintains specialized libraries (Art Studies Library, Ruben Zaryan Shakespeare Library, Aram Khachaturian Audio Library), operates a digital Phonogram Archive, and runs postgraduate Aspirantura programs. The institute is led by Director Anna Asatryan, an Honored Worker of Arts of the Republic of Armenia and Doctor of Art History.

The Institute's business model is non-commercial: it is funded by the Armenian state through the National Academy of Sciences and does not sell products or services. Its outputs — research, publications, conferences, and postgraduate education — are distributed through academic channels, international scholarly partnerships (with institutions in Russia, the USA, and France), and its multilingual website. Partnerships include the State Institute of Arts (Moscow), the Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning (Moscow), the UCLA Armenian Music Program, and the USA-Israel Scientific-Cultural Center, supporting bilateral scholarly exchange in Armenian humanities.

The Institute has no proprietary technology stack, no commercial product lines, no pricing model, and no external shareholders. Its 9 reported employees are supplemented by a wider Scientific Council and named department heads spanning Music, Visual Arts, Theatre, and Architecture. Strategic activity centers on organizing international conferences (including Armenian-French cultural ties and a 2026 dance-studies conference), sustaining journal publication, and maintaining the institutional profile of Armenian humanities research on the global academic stage.

Name

Institute of Arts (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia)

Legal name

Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Website

https://arts.sci.am

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Institute of Arts is a government humanities research institution under the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, conducting scholarly research and postgraduate education in Armenian art history, music, theater, and architecture, and publishing the peer-reviewed Art Studies Journal.

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Product category

Academic Research Services

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanities & Arts Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC)

Keywords

• Art history research
• Academic publications
• Scholarly journals
• Postgraduate programs
• Cultural heritage studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Yerevan

HQ country

Armenia

HQ region

Asia

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B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

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Core offering

The Institute of Arts is a government-funded humanities research institute under the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia that conducts scholarly research on Armenian art history, music, theater, visual arts, and architecture. It produces peer-reviewed academic publications, maintains specialized libraries and audio archives, organizes international scientific conferences, and offers postgraduate (aspirantura) doctoral programs in Art and Architecture disciplines.

Product overview

The Institute of Arts is a research institute under the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia offering academic publications and educational programs. Its product portfolio includes the Art Studies Journal (Искусствоведческий журнал), a comprehensive scientific publications program featuring books and articles, the Phonogram Archive (Фонотека) with digital audio collections, three specialized libraries (Art Studies Library, Ruben Zaryan Shakespeare Library, and Aram Kocharyan Phonogram Archive), and postgraduate programs (Aspirantura) in Art and Architecture disciplines. The Institute does not offer a software product but provides scholarly resources for art history, musicology, theater, and architecture research.

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Products and services

• Art Studies Journal (Искусствоведческий журнал) A peer-reviewed academic journal (ISSN 2579-2830) published by the Institute covering art history, musicology, theater studies, and architecture, with issues published from 2019 to 2025 for scholarly researchers and academics.
• Scientific Publications (Научные публикации) Books, articles, conference proceedings, interviews, and catalogs produced by Institute researchers covering Armenian art, music, theater, architecture, and cinema for academic audiences.
• Phonogram Archive (Фонотека) A digital audio archive containing books, journals, and articles in digital format organized by the Institute, accessible to researchers and scholars of music and sound recordings.
• Art Studies Library (Искусствоведческая библиотека) A specialized library collection supporting art history research for scholars, students, and Institute researchers.
• Ruben Zaryan Shakespeare Library (Шекспироведческая библиотека имени Рубена Заряна) A specialized library dedicated to Shakespeare studies named after Ruben Zaryan, serving Shakespeare scholars and literary researchers.
• Aram Kocharyan Phonogram Archive (Фонотека имени Арама Кочаряна) A named audio archive dedicated to preserving Armenian music and sound recordings for musicology researchers.
• Postgraduate Programs (Аспирантура) Doctoral and postgraduate programs in Art (Theater, Cinema, Television; Musical Art; Visual and Applied Arts; Theory and History of Art) and Architecture for graduate students pursuing advanced academic study.

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• State Institute of Arts (Russia, Moscow)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership for cooperation in art studies research and scholarly exchange between Armenia and Russia.
• Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning (Russia, Moscow)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for joint research on architectural heritage and theory between the two institutions.
• Tretyakov Charitable Foundation (Russia, Moscow)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the famous Russian art foundation for cultural exchange and research purposes.
• Kazan State Institute of Culture (Russia, Tatarstan, Kazan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for cultural research and art studies exchange.
• Dagestan State Pedagogical University (Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational and research collaboration in the field of art pedagogy and cultural studies.
• Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla (Russia, Bashkortostan, Ufa)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for pedagogical and art research exchange.
• USA-Israel Scientific-Cultural Center (USA, Washington)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational scientific and cultural exchange partnership bridging American-Israeli and Armenian scholarship.
• UCLA Armenian Music Program (USA, Los Angeles)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDedicated program at UCLA for Armenian music research, representing significant international academic collaboration in musicology.
• National Academy of Sciences of ArmeniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe parent institution of the Institute of Arts, providing institutional oversight, funding, and administrative support.

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Dumbarton Oaks Research Library (Harvard): A Harvard-affiliated research institute supporting scholarship in Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden & Landscape Studies, with a specialized library, scholarly publications, and residential fellowship programs. Comparable as a small, library-anchored humanities research institute.

Direct peers

• The Warburg Institute (University of London): A premier institute for the study of cultural and intellectual history with one of the world's most significant interdisciplinary libraries on art, music, and theater. Comparable in its combination of a unique specialized library, scholarly publishing, and postgraduate training.
• State Institute of Art Studies (Russia): Russia's primary art studies research institute, formally listed as a strategic partner of the Armenian Institute. Both are government-funded humanities research institutes publishing art history scholarship, training postgraduates, and curating specialized cultural archives.
• Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (Max Planck): An internationally leading art history research institute operating under the Max Planck Society. Comparable to the Armenian Institute as a dedicated humanities research organization producing scholarly publications, doctoral training, and conferences in art history.
• Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA, France): France's national institute for art history research, documentation, and training. Mirrors the Armenian Institute's model of combining specialized libraries, a peer-reviewed scholarly publication program, doctoral training, and international conferences in art history.
• Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning (Russia): Russia's central research institute for architectural theory and history, and a formal partner of the Armenian Institute. Both are government academies with departments dedicated to architectural heritage, scholarly publishing, and academic exchange.

Broad incumbents

• Institute of Fine Arts (NYU): A leading US center for art history research and graduate training, combining PhD programs, scholarly publications (including the Art Bulletin), and a curatorial track. Comparable to the Armenian Institute in its research-plus-doctoral-training mandate, though with substantially greater resources.
• Getty Research Institute: A globally prominent art history research institute with extensive library holdings, scholarly publications, fellowships, and international conference programming. Broader and better resourced than the Armenian Institute, but operates a similar research-publication-archive model in art studies.

Regional players

• Yerevan State Conservatory named after Komitas: Armenia's primary higher-education music institution, with several staff affiliated with the Institute of Arts (e.g., Prof. Karine Jagacpanjan of the Conservatory serves on the Institute's team). A regional peer sharing both subject matter (Armenian music) and overlapping faculty in Yerevan.

Others

• National Gallery of Armenia: Armenia's national art museum, whose director (Paravon Mirzoyan) is named among the Institute's collaborators. An adjacent cultural institution focused on art collection and exhibition rather than research, but closely intertwined with the Institute's art history and visual arts scholarship.

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Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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