House-Museum of Tahir Salahov

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]

House-Museum of Tahir Salahov
Facade of museum
Established2012
LocationIlyas Afandiyev street, Baku, Azerbaijan
Coordinates40°21′58″N 49°50′4″E

History

On 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

The 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
  1. TAHIR SALAHOV GREAT ARTIST – GREAT MAN www.visions.az
  2. House-Museum of Tahir Salahov is the part of Old City www.interaztv.com
  3. "Tahir Salahov's House Museum - Icherisheher". icherisheher.gov.az. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  4. House-Museum of Tahir Salahov www.kaspi.az
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