Culture

Museums, stages, genres

The carpet museum, opera, mugham, jazz, the Writers' Union and other institutions.

8 sites

Institution in progress

A literary institution running since 1934: congresses, journals, arguments.

yazicilar-birliyi.tut.az

Museum in progress

The world's first carpet museum — founded in 1967, in its new boulevard building since 2014.

xalca-muzeyi.tut.az

Institution in progress

The 1911 theatre building — the main address of Baku's musical stage.

opera.tut.az

Subject in progress

The modal music of an oral tradition — on the UNESCO intangible heritage list.

mugam.tut.az

Subject in progress

The city's own jazz dialect: mugham modes, clubs, festivals and several generations of players.

caz.tut.az

Museum in progress

The building by Fountain Square with six writers standing on its facade.

edebiyyat-muzeyi.tut.az

Museum in progress

Opened in 2009: halls without walls, skewed perspectives, art of the 20th–21st centuries.

muasir-incesenet.tut.az

Institution in progress

Built for a summer club, later the country's main concert hall.

filarmoniya.tut.az