About us

"Machanents" brand presents an assortment of Armenian handicrafts in Machanents House. Machanents House is a social enterprise and a cultural, educational, art and tourism center. It is located in Echmiadzin, the spiritual city of Armenia.
"Machanents House" has carpet weaving, pottery center, as well as theater, an art school, a national cuisine school, a preschool, an art therapy class and an innovation center, where about 700 students study, including children from vulnerable groups. There are social restaurant, restaurants halls, ''Sunny'' cuisine, wine house, hotel, guesthouse, museum and galleries in the territory of Machanents House.
As a result of more than 35 years of activity, craftsmen have created and continue to create handmade items: natural sheep wool rugs and carpets, paintings, ceramics, jewelry and various symbolic souvenirs, which can be seen and purchased at the Souvenir Hall in Machanents House. Thanks to Machanents online platforms, they can be also purchased from any place: www.machanents.com website, Facebook, Instagram pages, virtual gallery. The works of famous painters: Endza (Gevorg Babakhanyan), Grigor Machanents (Grigor Machanents Babakhanyan), Apresik (Apresik Aloyan), and foreign and Armenian participants of Machanents International Art Symposium are exhibited and sold in galleries of Machanents House. "Machanents House" social enterprise directs the income received from the above-mentioned activities to the implementation and development of social projects. (Make a donation →)

Each year, more and more tourists visit Armenia from all over the world, trying to discover the Armenian traditional cultural heritage, and take a piece of it with them. With online platforms and worldwide shipping, our customers can easily become a part of the mission we have carried for over 36 years.

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