Shusha Carpet Museum

Shusha Carpet Museum is the Shusha branch of the State Museum of Azerbaijani Carpets and Applied Art, established by the Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan SSR No. 502 of September 26, 1985 to study, preserve and live the traditions of Karabakh carpet weaving. The branch began its activity on May 19, 1987, in the 18th-century mansion belonging to General Samad bey Mehmandarov.[2][3]

Shusha Carpet Museum
Şuşa Xalça Muzeyi
Established26 September 1985 (1985-09-26)
LocationUntil 1992, in Shusha, in the mansion belonging to General Samad bey Mehmandarov
After 1992, in Baku, Azerbaijan
Typecarpet museum
DirectorShirin Malikova[1]

As of 2020, the Shusha branch is based within Azerbaijan Carpet Museum in Baku.[4] After Azerbaijan took control of Shusha in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, the museum announced plans to return to its original location in Shusha once the building is restored.[5]

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References
  1. "Xalça Muzeyinə yeni direktor təyin olundu". news.lent.az. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  2. "Azərbaycan Xalça Muzeyinin Şuşa filialı". azcarpetmuseum.az. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. "MEK-ə "Azərbaycan Xalçası və Xalq Tətbiqi Sənəti Dövlət Muzeyi Şuşa Filiali" Adlı Kataloq Daxil Olub". edumap.az. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  4. "Shusha Branch of the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum - News | Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan". Azərbaycan Respublikası Mədəniyyət Nazirliyi. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  5. "Carpet Museum director talks on revival of carpet weaving in Shusha [INTERVIEW]". AzerNews.az. 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

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