Reading room of the Public Library

The Public Library. From 1939 the Matenadaran was housed in the Public Library building. Construction of the Matenadaran building in Yerevan began only in 1945 and was completed in 1957, and two years later the Matenadaran moved into the new building.

The photograph shows a reading room: children and teenagers sit around a long table reading books and newspapers. Glass-fronted bookcases line the walls. Below is an Armenian caption that is not fully legible.