the russian-turkish war caused the isahakyan's family displacement from the historic armenian city bayazet, and settlement in aleksandrapol. in 1829, in a pretty corner on generalskaya street (varpetats), the poet father's grandfather built a house for two of his sons. in this house, on the 30th of october, for several years it was half reconstructed. in october of 2002, by the decision of the government of armenia and financial support of gyumri municipality the house museum of the great writer again came to life. the relics of the writer found their place in the halls of the museum. the house of the great writer again became a pilgrimage site for our fellow citizens and many visitors.the gallery has been working since november 7th, 1987. on the 70th anniversary of mariam salamazyan , mariam and yeranuhi aslamazyan sisters presented about 620 of their original works to our city. the gallery is an art museum, preserves and displays painting, graphic and ceramics created by the aslamazyan sisters. the gallery is in a two-story building. yeranuhi aslamazyan's works are displayed in the first floor, mariam aslamazyan's works are in the second floor. yeranuhi (1910-1998) and mariam (1907-2006) aslamazyans received their art education in leningrad institute of arts.
