Lusik Aguletsi Museum and Art Cafe

Lusik Aguletsi

Lusik Aguletsi was an Armenian artist, ethnographer, and honored cultural figure of Armenia. Aguletsi was known as the last Armenian woman to regularly wear her traditional Armenian dress in Yerevan. Lusik Aguletsi's paintings are held in museums and private collections abroad. Beyond painting, Aguletsi was an active ethnographer. She collected weapons, costumes, jewelry, and ancient jugs. Some of them were brought from her native Agulis, others from various corners of Western and Eastern Armenia. Lusik Aguletsi died on July 13, 2018, at the age of 72. Today her house holds an ethnographic museum and a cafe with traditional Armenian dishes.