International Conference Carpet Weaving Art

On November 16, 2016, based on the contract signed between the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum and the All-Russian Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Art, as part of a multi-year integrated program Heritage of Unity. Traditions for the Future, in honor of the 110th anniversary of the outstanding scientist and the artist on the carpet Latif Karimov, was organized an international conference Carpet Weaving Art. The conference was conducted with the organizational support of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum and the Russian Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM Russia), as well as with the financial support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS countries (IFESCCO).

The conference was attended by leading cultural centers of Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan - Science Center of Restoration of Museum Treasures and Relics, the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan, The State Hermitage Museum, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russian State Research Institute of Restoration, The State Museum of Oriental Art, house-museum of Feodor Chaliapin, the Kyrgyz public organization "Uz datkalar", National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as by the staff of other museums.

During the meetings were discussed the issues of research, storage, conservation, restoration and exhibition of carpets and fabrics.