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.

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]

The branch began its activity on May 19, 1987 in the 18th-century mansion belonging to General Samad bey Mehmandarov.[2][3]

The Shusha branch had exhibited pile and weave carpets, carpet products, artistic embroidery, national costumes, jewelry and artistic metal, selected from the main fund of the Azerbaijan State Carpet and Applied Art Museum.

The military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia caused the branch to stop its activities in 1992. On February 29, 1992, 183 of the 246 exhibits (80 pile carpets, 35 weave carpets, carpet products, 29 pieces of embroidery and national clothing, 39 pieces of jewelry) of the Shusha branch were evacuated and transferred to the main fund of the museum.

At present, the Shusha branch continues its activities at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum.

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.

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