Ethnographic Fund

A large part of the finest, most original and unique exhibits kept in the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan are protected in the Ethnographic scientific fund section. The first exhibit handed to Ethnographic fund coincides with the period of the museum’s opening, in 1920. Total number of exhibits protected in the fund till nowadays is nearly 9000. The oldest of them are candlestick, pestle and brazier belonged to XII century. Such rare exhibits belonged to mainly the Middle Ages and immortalized history, culture and standards of Azerbaijani people are very valuable from stand of their material and cultural value, and are peerless scientific basis for research of our national values. Things which national minorities living in the area of Azerbaijan possess and concern welfare of various peoples exist amongst materials protected in Ethnographic Fund. A part of the fund collection includes carpets and carpet-making items related mainly to life style and standards of Azerbaijani people and which belonged to carpet schools of Guba, Shirvan, Baku, Ganga, Gazakh, Garabagh and Tabriz. Clothes and embroideries being considerable indicators of cultured civilization of Azerbaijan have specific space among exhibits protected in Ethnographic Fund. High artistic-historical value of this delicate work of art is connected with preparation of some of them by notable personalities. For instance, hand-made art needlework of last Garabagh khan’s daughter, poetess Khurshudbanu Natavan can be considered pearls of not only the museum, but also entirely Azerbaijani art.