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National Art Museum of

Azerbaijan  is the biggest art museum of 

Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1936

in Baku and in 1943 was named after

Rustam Mustafayev, a

prominent Azerbaijani scenic

designer and theater artist. The

museum consists of two buildings

standing next to each other 

Unknown Azerbaijani painter Portrait of Darvish Nurali Shah, early XIX

Unknown Azerbaijani painter Darvish Sultan Bayazid, XIX c

Bird figures from Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan, 3rd - 2nd millenium BC

Medieval pottery from Barda

Medieval pottery from Barda

Azerbaijani Atabeks era vase from Ganja XIX Dish from Azerbaijan, XI century

Ceramic dish from Mingechevir

Caucasian Albanian era pottery from Gabala

Caucasian Albanian era pottery from Gabala

Ceramic dish from Nakhchevan, II millenium B.C.

Ceramic dish from Gabala, I millenium B.C. Female idol from Shaki, 3rd - 2nd millenium BC

The museum's total collection includes over

15,000 artworks. There are over 3,000

items in 60 rooms on

permanent display. About 12,000 items are kept in

storage. The museum

changes the exhibits

periodically so that more of

these artworks can be

displayed temporarily

Medieval azerbaijani fighters wear

Medieval casket from Tabriz

Khatamkari is one of the Persian arts of

marquetry wherein the surface of wooden or

metallic articles is decorated with pieces of wood, bone and metal

cut in a variety of shapes and designs

Antique and Medieval

Azerbaijan art collection of Azerbaijan

National Art Museum

Inscriptions from Bayil fortress

Mask of medieval Azerbaijani fighter

Medieval Azerbaijani helmet (Aq Qoyunlu)

Medieval Azerbaijani

helmet (Atabeys)

Medieval helmet (Azerbaijani Atabeys)

Medieval Azerbaijani helmet (Khanate of Ganja)

Medieval Azerbaijani helmet (Karakoyunlu)

Medieval Azerbaijani helmet (Safavid))

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Medieval Azerbaijani helmet (Sajids) Medieval azerbaijani shield (Khanate of Ganja)

Medieval azerbaijani shield (Khanate of Tabriz)Medieval azerbaijani shield (Khanate of Karabakh)

Medieval Azerbaijani shield (Khanate of Tabriz)

Medieval Azerbaijani shield (Safavid)Medieval Azerbaijani bride box

Medieval Azerbaijani shield (Safavid)

Mirza Qadim Irevani (1825-1875)Portrait of Fatali Shah

Unknown Azerbaijani painter Portrait of muslim woman, XIX c

Bahruz Kengerli (1892-1922) Refugee women

Bahruz Kengerli (1892-1922) Girl in a a red kerchief

Bahruz Kengerli Noah's tomb

Mirza Qadim Irevani (1825-1875) Portrain of young manMirza Qadim Irevani Portrait of sitting woman

Azim Azimzade

Portrait of Azerbaijani poet Fuzuli

1914 Azim Azimzade (1880-1943) Red-Brown is Ours

Azim Azimzade - Wedding in a Poor Man’s Home. 1930

Azim Azimzade (1880-1943) Ramadan in a Rich Man’s Home

1938

Mirza Qadim Irevani (1825-1875) Warrior

Painting of life tree in interior of Shaki Khan palace

Mirza Qadim Irevani

(1825-1875) Darvish

Azerbaijani carpet (Tirme sayagi)

Medieval Azerbaijani ceramic scene Rustam kills div Medieval embriodery from Sheki

Medieval embriodery from Sheki (fragment)

Azerbaijan Embroidery from

Ganja

Azerbaijan Embroidery from Ganja

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Azerbaijan Embroidery from Tabriz (detail)

Azerbaijan Embroidery from Tabriz (detail)

Qımıl carpet,

Baku group of

Azerbaijani carpetsn

Azerbaijani rug Afshan

Surakhani carpet, Baku group of Azerbaijani carpets

Qollu chichi carpet, Baku group of Azerbaijani carpets

Faxralı carpet, Ganja

group of Azerbaijani

carpets

Damirçilar carpet, Ganja

group of Azerbaijan

carpets

Gohar carpet,

Karabakh group of

Azerbaijani carpets

İlin fasillari Tabriz group

of Azerbaijani

carpets

İlin fasillari Tabriz group of Azerbaijani carpets

Ovçuluq carpet, Tabriz group of Azerbaijani carpets

Pirabadil carpet Quba group of Azerbaijani carpets

Zili carpet, Baku group of Azerbaijani carpets

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EgyptOld KingdomBas-relief depicting the Egyptian statuette of Maat

Ancient Egyptian

statuettes in

National Art

Museum of

Azerbaijan