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| Established | 1967 |
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| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Website | www.azcarpetmuseum.az |
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum (Template:Lang-az), also known as the State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art (Template:Lang-az) named after Latif Karimov is a museum located on Neftchiler Avenue, in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan. The museum displays carpets and carpets items of various weaving techniques and materials from many generations in Azerbaijan. it has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world.[1]
History
The museum was established in 1967 and was located in the Juma Mosque in Icheri Sheher. The building of the mosque was built in the 15th century and then renovated in the 19th century. In 1992, after collapse of USSR, the museum was moved to the building of the former Lenin museum.[2] The museum was named after carpet designed Latif Karimov. Its first exhibition was held in 1972. The collection of the museum includes over 10,000 items of ceramics, metal works of 14th century, jewelry from Bronze Age, carpets and carpet items from 17th-20th centuries, national garment and embriodery, applied art works of modern age.[3]
The museum organizes public lectures, study courses on carpets and applied arts.[4] It has a book store selling books on Azerbaijani crafts and carpet art.[1] The museum also holds permanent collection from Shusha Museum of History from the city of Shusha, looted after occupation by Armenian troops in 1992. Part of the exhibited items of the Shusha museum were saved when the director of the museum moved out 600 carpets before occupation. They are now displayed at the museum under exhibition titles "Burned Culture".[2]
International exhibitions
The museum does research and public service work. Every year, state and international exhibitions are organized and catalogues on carpets are printed by the museum. The museum also held exhibitions in more than 30 countries including France, Germany, England, Japan, Holland. In 1998, the museum participated in UNESCO-organized an exhibition in Paris dedicated to Fuzuli and in 1999 dedicated to 1,300th anniversary of Dada Gorgud and displayed carpets, folk applied art items, including copper jugs, mugs, buckets and saddle-bags.[2]
See also
- Azerbaijan State Museum of History
- Azerbaijan State Museum of Art
- Nizami Museum of Azerbaijan Literature
- Palace of the Shirvanshahs
- Azerbaijan State Museum of Art
- Atashgah museum
- Nakhchivan Memorial Museum
References
- ^ a b "AZERBAIJAN CARPET MUSEUM". Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Baku's National Carpet Museum". Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ^ "Carpets Made to Last - A Walk Through Baku's National Carpet Museum". Azerbaijan International. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ^ "The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art". Retrieved August 20, 2010.
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