Tahir Salahov's house-museum – Memorial museum of Azerbaijani artist, Hero of Socialist Labor, USSR and Azerbaijan State Prize laureate, People's Artist of the USSR, Professor Tahir Salahov.[1] The museum is located in Ilyas Afandiyev Street, close to "Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve.[2]
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| Established | 2012 |
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| Location | Ilyas Afandiyev street, Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Coordinates | 40°21′58″N 49°50′4″E / 40.36611°N 49.83444°E |
History
editOn 13 October 2011, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed an order to establish Tahir Salahov's House Museum in Baku.
The museum was created by the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department in 2012.
Exposition
editThe museum exposition is dedicated to the life and activity of the Azerbaijani artist Tahir Salahov. The artist gifted 735 exhibits to the house-museum.[2] In general, the museum's collection includes 798 exhibits.
The exhibition presents portraits of Tahir Salakhov's contemporaries, such as Gara Garayev, Fikret Amirov and many others.[3]
Among them there are his paintings, personal belongings, carpet collection and photo archive.
The exposition covers 3 floors of the museum building.
Tahir Salahov's workshop is located on the 3rd floor of the museum.[4]
References
edit- ^ TAHIR SALAHOV GREAT ARTIST – GREAT MAN www.visions.az
- ^ a b House-Museum of Tahir Salahov is the part of Old City www.interaztv.com
- ^ "Tahir Salahov's House Museum - Icherisheher". icherisheher.gov.az. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ House-Museum of Tahir Salahov www.kaspi.az