House-Museum of Uzeyir Hajibeyov | |
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Üzeyir Hacıbəyovun ev-muzeyi | |
General information | |
Type | House, museum |
Location | M.F.Akhundov Street, 19, Shusha, Azerbaijan |
Coordinates | 39°44′56″N 46°44′52″E / 39.74889°N 46.74778°E |
Completed | 1959 |
House-Museum of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani: Üzeyir Hacıbəyovun ev-muzeyi) is the museum located in Shusha of Uzeyir Hajibeyov, an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist, publicist, playwright, teacher and public figure, founder of the professional musical art of the modern Azerbaijan and of the national opera.[1]
The museum functioned between 1959 and 1992.[2] Only 136 items out of 1700 were saved.[3]
After the recapture of the city of Shusha by the Azerbaijani army on 7 November 2020, the restoration works of the museum began.[4]