Museum of Outstanding Personalities

Museum of Personalities – an open-air museum located in the city of Khachmaz, Azerbaijan.

History

The Museum of Personalities was established in 2006. In 2006, the museum was one of five new museums built in Khachmaz. Its project was presented by Şəmsəddin Xanbabayev, the head of the district executive authority and a professional architect. In 2010, the museum was expanded and rebuilt. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited the museum in 2006 and 2011.

Features

In the open-air museum, statues and busts of historical figures of Azerbaijan are exhibited. When the museum was created, alongside the statue of Nizami Ganjavi, busts of 14 other historical figures of Azerbaijan were placed there. After the reconstruction work carried out in 2010, busts of 39 Azerbaijani poets and writers, cultural and artistic figures were installed in the museum. On 11 March 2019, a bust of Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev was placed in the museum, bringing the number of busts of historical figures in the museum to 60. The museum houses busts of personalities such as Muhammad Fuzuli, Molla Panah Vaqif, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Jalil Mammadguluzade, Huseyn Javid, Jafar Jabbarly, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Muslum Magomayev, Gara Garayev, Fikrat Amirov, Niyazi, Rashid Behbudov, Shovket Alakbarova, Nesibe Zeynalova, Habil Aliyev, Molla Veli Vidadi, Haji Baba Bagirov, Aliaga Agayev.

The museum is located in front of the Khachmaz History and Ethnography Museum and covers an area of 2 hectares. There are five fountains and a spring complex there. Images of the tar, violin, and saz are carved on the museum’s walls.