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Address: 53, Istiqlaliyyat, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic, AZ1001
Phone: (994 12) 4921864
Director: Rafael Baba oglu Huseynov
Doctor of phylology, Correspondent member of ANAS
Phone: (994 12) 4921864, Fax: (994 12) 4927403
Deputy directors: X.Beshirli

Doctor of phylology
Phone: (994 12) 4926137

Aslan Astan oglu Babayev
In common affairs
Phone: (994 12) 4921261

Scientific secretary: M.Kelenterova
Ph.D. in Phylological Sciences
Phone: (994 12) 4920449

Main area of activity of organization:

Collection of materials and their investigation with Azerbaijan literature and culture, Preseratation the material things in the scientific funds of the museum. Their preseratation in the exposition and in the exhibitions.

Main scientific achievements made over the last five years:

The number of exhibits kept in the scientific funds of the museum rose from 58900 to 76000. The exposition was entirely reconstructed, the number of new halls was open. The hall dedicated to "Iraq-Turkmans culture" was inaguarated in 2001. For the first time in the history of the museum the hall dedicated to the history of national Mass-Media "Press hall" was formed. As a resualt of scientific researches lead in the museum the number of works, publications of the museum volume VIII-Xii were published. the booklets devoting to the exposition of the musuem, and the catalogues with the information about the materials kept in the scientific funds of the museum were published.

Brief information on the organization's history:

The museum was organised according to decree of Azerbaijan SSR SNC on November 1, 1939, N4972 in connection with 800th anniversary of the great Azerbaijan poet Nizami Ganjavi´s birthday as a permanent  exhibition of the house-museum. But the inaquaration of the museum took place on May14, 1945. Later the museum dedicated to Nizami´s creative activity was transformed into the museum of Azerbaijan literature named after Nizami Ganjavi.

Total number of employees: 147
Information about structural units of the organization: Department of investigation and presentation of Ancient and Medieval literature

Department of investigation and presentation of the New period and Modern Azerbaijan literature

Department of cultural heritage and source study

Department of international links and comparativistics

Department of scientific development and educational projects

Department of literary arragements work with masses and multications

Department of decorative design and restoration

Department of protection, explanation of the exposition and audio-accompaniment supply

Department of common affairs

Video-tazkira creative group

Library and informational centre

Memorial house-museum of S.Yesenin

 

Doctors of Sciences