A representative of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum at ICOM ICME’s annual conference
On 17-22 October 2017, the annual conference of ICOM International Committee for Museums and Collections of Ethnography (ICME) was held at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, DC, USA.
50 representatives from 17 countries (Azerbaijan, Germany, UK, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Canada, USA, etc.) participated in the conference.
At the conference Rema Zeynalova, representative of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, gave a presentation about 'Ethnoidentity of Azerbaijani Carpets in the Context of Migration, Home, and Belonging'. In this presentation she talked about the role of carpets in the household and traditions of the Azerbaijani people, the migration of Azerbaijani carpets over the world, and returning of the carpets back home.
Additionally, the participants visited the following cultural institutions in Washington and New York - the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and its storages, the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the George Washington University Museum, the Textile Museum, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
