The House-Museum is located on Silva Kaputikyan Street, Building 1, 2nd entrance, 4th floor, Apt. In the hallway is a plaster bust created by the poetess’ son, the famous sculptor, Ara Shiraz. In the fifth showcase are the tickets of memberships. The fourth showcase houses Kaputikyan's awards, including the "Badge of Honour", "Friendship of Nations" and "October Revolution". In the third showcase are the gifts which Kaputikyan received from Avetik Isahakyan, Sergei Parajanov, Vazgen I, Paruyr Sevak, and Siamanto among others. In the second showcase are her personal belongings including watches, bags, make-up accessories and a fragment of a pharaoh's necklace (more than 3000 years old). The first includes items from Kaputikyan's house at 20 Amiryan Street, where the poet was born and lived until 1954. The house-museum consists of five showcases. Her bedroom, study, and living room remain untouched as per her will, just the way they had been during her lifetime. The museum is located in the apartment where Kaputikyan lived for 30 years. In 2007 the street on which the museum is located, formerly known as Baghramyan Lane 1, was renamed Kaputikyan Street. On 20 January 2009, on the 90th anniversary of her birthday, the Silva Kaputikyan House-Museum was inaugurated by the decision of the Government of Armenia, in attendance of President Serzh Sargsyan and Kaputikyan's son, Ara Shiraz. The museum is devoted to the exhibition and preservation of the Armenian poet Silva Kaputikyan's legacy and literary works, consisting of her personal belongings, souvenirs, awards, manuscripts and books.
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