International Council of Museums
National Committee of Azerbaijan

Our mission

Azerbaijani National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) was established by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan in 1993. From its first days, Azerbaijani museums created close relationships with the world’s museums in order to popularize Azerbaijani cultural heritage.

Representatives from such national museum institutions as Azerbaijani State Museum of Arts (named after R.Mustafayev), Azerbaijani Carpet and Applied Art State Museum (named after L.Kerimov), S.Vurgun House-Museum, “the Shirvanshah Palace Complex” State Historical-Architectural Preserve Museum, Musical Culture State Museum, and Art Gallery participated in conferences, workshops, trainings etc. in various cities of the world, namely Paris, Stavanger, Melbourne, Barcelona, Seoul, Washington, Shanghais, Vienna, Nairobi, Abidjan, Edinburgh, Naphplion, Barbados, Moscow, and St.-Petersburg.

Simultaneously, during the past years UNESCO and ICOM organized seveninternational conferences, round tables, workshops in Azerbaijan. 

International events
ICOM Kyoto 2019
20/02/2018
On Wednesday, 3 June, 2015, Kyoto was selected as the host city for the 2019 edition of the General Conference, during which some 3,000 part...
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Events
DECORATIVE ARTS AND INTERIORS ICDAD / DEMHIST JOINT CONFERENCE
09/10/2018
On October 10-12, 2018, in Baku, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) will hold a conference Decorative Arts and Interiors of two internati...
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ICOM AZERBAIJAN
25th January, 2019, the Azerbaijan National Committee of ICOM held its working meeting at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum.
26/01/2019
25th January, 2019, the Azerbaijan National Committee of ICOM held its working meeting at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum. ICOM members discussed the fol...
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EVENTS
18 May – International Museum Day
15/05/2019
  The International Museum Day, established in 1977 on the initiative of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), is celebrated every year...
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