User:Ticielli/Qala Antique Objects Museum (Azerbaijan)
| Established | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
Qala Antique Objects Museum is a museum in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was created by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation within the territory of Qala State History Ethnography Reserve. Construction of the museum began in June 2010 and was completed in 2011[1]. President Ilham Aliyev and his wife, Mehriban Aliyeva, the President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, attended the opening of the museum on September 7, 2011. The museum showcases 800 exhibits. Various decorative and applied art items created by the Azerbaijani people throughout the centuries are displayed on the first and second floors of the three-story building, while the third floor exhibits objects produced in different regions of the republic, as well as from Austria, the United States, Germany, England, Iran, Russia, France, Belgium, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Poland, and other countries that have entered our people's daily life since ancient times.[2]
Administrative rooms, a souvenir section, a restoration workshop, a conference hall, and activities are carried out on the first floor of the building. The discovered ancient objects are restored in this workshop. The museum covers an area of 260 square meters.[3].
References[edit]
- ^ "Azerbaijani Museums". Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Heydar Aliyev Foundation". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Qala Antique Objects Museum". Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-20.