Azerbaijan holds the II Meeting of Museums of the Turkic World

The II Meeting of Museums of the Turkic World are held on October 11-14, 2023 in Baku and Shusha. The event is organized jointly by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic, International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) and the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum.

The event aims to host the discussion of new projects and innovations in the museum field of the Turkic world, as well as exchange of experience and knowledge. It should be noted, that the I Meeting of Museums of the Turkic World was held in Bursa, Turkey in 2022.

On October 11, 2023 the international conference Carpet as a Symbol of the Turkic World is held at the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum within the framework of the II Meeting of Museums of the Turkic World, where heads and representatives of museums, museologists, TURKSOY executives and other officials participate, started its work.

The academic sessions of the international event include the following topics: Carpet: Common Turkic Heritage; Tamgas: The Language of Carpet; Methods of Preservation, Conservation, and Displaying of Carpets in Museums. More than 30 specialists from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia (Moldova) will deliver their reports at the conference.

On October 11, the conference participants will take part in opening ceremony of the exhibition of the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan held at the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum.

On October 13-14, the guests will join the First Cultural Forum of the Turkic World dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev held in Shusha, where the Meeting of TURKSOY Museums Union will be held. The guests will visit the historical sites of the Azerbaijani cradle of culture.