Nizami Gəncəvi Muzeyi

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Nizami Ganjavi Museum is a museum located in Ganja city, Baku-Yevlax highway. The museum was opened in 2014 and is built on the grounds of Nizami's tomb.

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The construction of Nizami Ganjavi Museum began in late 2012. The construction of the museum near Nizami's tomb allows visitors to visit the tomb and learn extensively about the poet's life and work.

The museum has an electronic information cabinet with extensive information about the life and work of the poet, which includes books and monographs published on the occasion of the 800th, 840th anniversary of the poet. The museum consists of rare manuscripts and miniatures and original copies of the "Hymns" of the poet in the national books of Austria, Russia, Germany, Great Britain, the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, the Strasbourg Library in France and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States.

The museum has a conference hall for scientific events, and rest areas for visitors and tourists, and carpet portraits of Nizami Ganjavi and Mahasi Ganjavi are also in the building.

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The text on this page is translated from: Nizami Gəncəvi Muzeyi (az.wikipedia.org), as of 22 August 2026

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