Museum of Russian Art to host SCALES exhibition 

ArmInfo. The Museum of Russian Art (collection of Professor A. Abrahamyan) will host the  opening of the historical and artistic exhibition "SCALES", which  will feature scales from various Armenian museums and private  collections, from the early Middle Ages to the mid-20th century.

This exhibition is the best example of inter-museum cooperation, the  exhibits of which are collected from the History Museum of Armenia,  the National Museum of Armenian Ethnography and History of Liberation  Struggle, the Yerevan History Museum, the E. Charents Museum, the  Museum of Literature and Art, the Museum of the Middle East, the M.  Mashtots Museum-Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, the Sergei  Parajanov Museum, collectors Narek Van Ashugatoyan, Hakob Momjyan,  Galamkeryans and Hrazdan Tokmajyan. The exposition will be open from  December 27, 2024 to April 1, 2025 inclusive. Scales appeared at the  end of the 4th millennium BC. The earliest centers of scales use were  the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Asia Minor and  India. Since ancient times, scales have been used as an allegory  personifying justice and moderation.

In ancient mythology, scales are a symbol of the ancient Greek  goddesses of justice and retribution, Themis and Nemesis. To this  day, scales remain a symbol of law and justice. The Armenians  considered the goddess Anahit to be the personification of justice,  and scales could also be a symbol of her. In medieval Armenian  manuscripts, images of scales are found in miniatures depicting the  Last Judgment.