Famous Armenian film - director - was founded by government resolution in 1988. The museum's exposition consists of more than 250 works, documents and photographs. Parajanov's aesthetic principles were brought to perfection in movies ,,Kiev Frescos,, (1966), ,,Hakob Hovnatanian,, (1967), ,, The color of Pomegranates,, (,,Sayat-Nova,,-1968) and the ,,Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors,, which first brought him world fame. Within the last few years, the museum has organized 26 exhibitions, including those in Cannes, Greece, Tokyo, Moscow, Rome, Tehran, Peking and other cities.