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Things to do in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan: The Best Art Museums
Azerbaijan (/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan [ɑzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn]), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası [ɑzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn ɾespublikɑˈsɯ]), is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bound by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bound by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and has an 11 km long border with Turkey in the north west.
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1. Stone Chronicle Museum
2. National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 47 reviews
Reviewed By OxfordStrasser
Stunning and extensive collection of beautifully displayed exquisite crafts. This deserves to be a much more highly ranked attraction in Baku. There was an exhibition of Meiji Japanese porcelain while we were there which was worth going to the museum for alone. We spent several hours here and it was almost entirely deserted.
3. YAY!Gallery
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3.5 based on 13 reviews
Yay Gallery is the leading contemporary art gallery in Azerbaijan, representing pioneering Azerbaijani artists across several generations and genres. Since being founded in Baku in 2012, it has championed the careers of key Azerbaijani artists who have gained international recognition in recent years including Farid Rasulov, Rashad Alakbarov, Aida Mahmudova, Faig Ahmed, Orkhan Huseynov and Reza Hazare. Yay Gallery’s exhibition program also brings work by some of the most innovative artists from across the world to Baku, including solo exhibitions by French experimental performance artists Les Gens d’Uterpans and prominent Iranian artist Mahmoud Bakhshi.Located in the heart of Baku’s Old City, Yay Gallery sits amongst designated UNESCO world heritage sites. The gallery was founded by YARAT! Contemporary Art Space, a not-for-profit contemporary art organisation, as part of their commitment to support the infrastructure for art in Azerbaijan. The gallery is commercial but not-for-profit purposes. YAY (meaning “share” in Azerbaijani) shares all proceeds from sales of work between the artists and YARAT.The gallery`s artistic agenda is focused on showing the most talented and promising young artists as well as more established artists from Azerbaijan and abroad. Beyond its immediate artistic program, the gallery intends to regularly host lectures, readings, film screenings and workshops conducted by the artists with the goal of becoming a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences between the artists and the wider public.
4. Museum of Modern Art
5. Museum of Folk and Applied Arts
6. Bahruz Kangarly Museum
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 1 reviews
