National museum of Azerbaijan literature named after Nizami Ganjavi was established in 1939, in\u00a0Baku. It is located in the centre of the capital of\u00a0Azerbaijan, not far from the\u00a0Fountains Square\u00a0and near the entrance of\u00a0Icheri Sheher. Now this museum is one of the greatest and richest treasuries of\u00a0Azerbaijani culture.<\/p>\n
Collection, research and storage of scientific and other materials about\u00a0Azerbaijani literature\u00a0and culture, presentation of these materials on expositions and exhibitions is the main goal of the museum. There are carried out great scientific researches, published and written books and monographs.<\/p>\n
The building where the museum is located was built in 1850, as a one-storeyed\u00a0caravanserais. In 1915, the building was given to \u201cMetropol\u201d hotel and the second storey was rebuilt. Then, in 1918-1920s, workers of the Cabinet of Ministers of the\u00a0Azerbaijan Democratic Republic\u00a0lived and worked there; in 1920-30s the labor union soviet of Azerbaijan was located there.<\/p>\n
On November 1, 1939, according to the order of the Council of People\u2019s Commissars of the\u00a0Azerbaijan SSR\u00a0under the number \u2116 4972, a memorial museum named after Nizami was created in this building in connection with the 800th anniversary of the\u00a0Persian\u00a0poet\u00a0Nizami Ganjavi. The building was overhauled by the project of architects\u00a0Sadikh Dadashov\u00a0and\u00a0Mikayil Huseynov, were placed sculptures in the fa\u00e7ade and reconstructed two floors. Later, the memorial museum was changed to the Museum of Azerbaijani Literature. Interior of the museum was designed by Letif Kerimov. During\u00a0World War II, when the 800th anniversary of the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi was celebrated in Leningrad Blockade, the placement work of the museum\u2019s exposition was continued. On May 14, 1945, the museum opened its doors to its visitors only after the victory in the\u00a0Great Patriotic War, in spite of that, the museum was established in 1939.<\/p>\n
Twice, in 1959 and 1967, the museum was overhauled, expanded and upgraded. In 2001-2003, the museum was changed again.<\/p>\n
In summer, 2005, after the visit of\u00a0Ilham Aliyev-the President of Azerbaijan on December 30, 2004, were prepared new projects, on the basis of which the museum was overhauled and renewed.\u00a0The\u00a0Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic\u00a0assigned 13 million\u00a0manats\u00a0for that reason. Area of the exposition was expanded 2500 square meters, and the number of halls upgraded to 30 main and 10 auxiliary. If there were demonstrated only 1000 of 120000 exhibits till the reconstruction, after the reconstruction the number of them reached 25000.<\/p>\n
The total area of the museum is 2500 square meters, the 1409 meters of which consists of exposition and 173 square meters of fond. There are more than 3000\u00a0manuscripts, rare books, illustrations, portraits, sculptures,\u00a0miniatures, memories of poets and other exhibits in 30 general and 10 auxiliary halls of the museum\u2019s exposition. Part of the museum is a book shop.<\/p>\n
The sculptures of the eminent Azerbaijani poets and writers were placed on the fa\u00e7ade of the museum on the following way:\u00a0Muhammad Fuzuli\u00a0(sculptor: F. Abdurrahmanov),\u00a0Molla Panah Vagif\u00a0(sculptor: S. Klyatskiy),\u00a0Mirza Fatali Akhundov\u00a0(sculptor: P.Sabsai),\u00a0Khurshidbanu Natavan\u00a0(sculptor: Y. Tripolskaya),\u00a0Jalil Mammadguluzadeh\u00a0(sculptor: N.Zakharov), and\u00a0Jafar Jabbarly\u00a0(sculptor: S. Klyatskiy). There are 120000 exemplars of the museum exhibits stored in the fond of the museum.<\/p>\n
A manuscript of Nizami\u2019s\u00a0Eskandar Nameh\u00a0in\u00a0Persian language, which was written in 1413, exemplar of a manuscript of Fuzuli\u2019s \u201cBangu-Bade\u201d (1569), \u201cThe Eastern poem about\u00a0Pushkin\u2019s decease\u201d of Mirza Fatali Akhundov, personal autographs and other exhibits and expositions of great value are prides of the museum.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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