Muzeum Literatury im. Nizamiego w Baku
The Nizami Museum of Literature in Baku

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the history and present-day functioning of the Nizami Museum of Literature in Baku, which is the capital of Azerbaijan. This museum also functions as a research institution and belongs to the structures of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Azerbaijan. As well as having permanent exhibitions devoted to Azerbaijani literature and its creators, it organizes conferences and runs its own publishing house, library and bookstore. It also collects and secures collections relating to literature, Azerbaijani writing and objects that once belonged to writers. It holds valuable manuscripts of Oriental writers. Located in a building that is one of the architectural symbols of Baku, the Nizami Museum of Literature is one of the places that are most frequently visited by tourists in the capital of Azerbaijan.

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