Carpet with a portrait of a scout

The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum’s collection boasts a rare and complex genre as portrait. One of them is Zorge carpet with a portrait of the famous scout, a native of Azerbaijan.

A gift from the Ministry

In 2014, when the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum moved to a new building on Seaside Boulevard and acquired a new, multipurpose area for the exposition, this event was solemnly celebrated at a high level. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan donated to the museum early 20th-century Kabistan carpet of Shirvan group on this occasion.

From the collection of the American carpets connoisseur

Beverly Schiltz, the widow of the famous collector and member of the Chicago Oriental Rug and Textile Society (USA) Grover Schiltz (1931-2012), donated to the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum two valuable and fairly rare carpets from the collection of her deceased husband in 2013.

Rare Azerbaijani Embroidery. Heydar Aliyev Foundation’s Gift

An 18th-century rare Azerbaijani filling stitch embroidery is one of the newest exhibits of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum’s collection.

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum received precious Khatai carpet as a gift

Unique 17th-century Khatai (Dragon) carpet, purchased especially for the museum abroad, was donated to the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

This Friday, December 3, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum will host Craft Without Borders fair exhibition dedicated to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.