Nakhchivan Literature Museum
The Nakhchivan Literature Museum is a museum, research center and educational institution in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The Nakhchivan Literature Museum is named after the Azerbaijani journalist, educator and satiric writer Jalil Mammadguluzadeh.
History
Nakhchivan Literature Museum named after Jalil Mammadguluzadeh was opened in Nakhchivan on June 12, 1967 with the decision of the government of Azerbaijan SSR adopted in 1965. At the time of opening, the museum had only 98 exhibits, but there are more than 19,000 exhibits at the moment. The new two-storey building of the museum was put into use in 2008 which has 3 main halls displaying the exposition on Azerbaijani literature in chronological sequence.The collection of the museum includes valuable manuscripts, applied and fine art samples, ancient and contemporary books, newspapers and magazines, items reflecting the history of Azerbaijan literature and other museum materials. The exposition is of great interest to well-known representatives of classical and modern Azerbaijan literature, poets, writers and literary scholars of Nakhchivan such as Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Huseyn Javid, Aziz Sharif, Mammadjafar Jafarov, Abbas Zamanov, Latif Huseynzade, Isa Habibbayli, Mammad Araz and Islam Safarli. There are works of Azerbaijani brush masters and sculptors in the exposition and fund, documents about the history of Nakhchivan theater: posters, programs, sketches of representations, photographs reflecting the works of famous masters of the theater.