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From carpets to architecture, history to contemporary art — the five must-see museums of every city.

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Top 5 Baku · Museums

The 5 must-see museums in Baku

From Zaha Hadid’s white waves to medieval fortress walls — five spaces that tell Baku’s past and present. Each opens its own window onto th…

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Top 5 Sheki · Museums

The 5 must-see museums in Sheki

From the UNESCO-listed Khan’s Palace to an ancient Albanian church — Sheki’s addresses of craft and history. This five fits the town’s arti…

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Museums — every address

This category holds 19 places in the directory — including everything that did not make the five.

Baku 12

Heydar Aliyev Center

4.9

Zaha Hadid’s masterpiece: a building without a single straight line, contemporary art shows and Baku’s new symbol.

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum

4.8

A building shaped like a rolled carpet holding the world’s richest collection of Azerbaijani rugs — history, knot by knot.

Palace of the Shirvanshahs

4.8

The 15th-century palace of the Shirvanshah dynasty — UNESCO heritage, carved stone and medieval quiet at the heart of the Old City.

Qobustan Dövlət Qoruğu

4.8

UNESCO heritage: 40,000-year-old rock art, mud volcanoes and an open-air museum of the Stone Age.

Maiden Tower (Qız Qalası)

4.7

Baku’s most mysterious structure: a tower of unknown age, its legends, and an Old City panorama from the roof.

Milli İncəsənət Muzeyi

4.6

The richest state collection of European, Eastern and Azerbaijani painting, in two historic mansions.

Miniatür Kitab Muzeyi

4.5

A Guinness-record collection: the world’s largest gathering of miniature books, inside the Old City.

Müasir İncəsənət Muzeyi

4.4

The home of the Azerbaijani avant-garde: over 800 works from Sattar Bahlulzade to today.

Sheki 5

Sheki Khan’s Palace (Xan Sarayı)

4.9

An 18th-century palace of nail-less shebeke windows and painted walls — the summit of Azerbaijani craftsmanship.

Church of Kish (Alban məbədi)

4.7

The ancient Albanian church in Kish village: thousand-year walls, archaeological finds and mountain-village views.

Sheki History Museum

4.4

The town’s chronicle from Silk Road trade to the Soviet era: coins, weapons and silk looms.

Ganja 2

Məhsəti Gəncəvi Mərkəzi

4.3

A centre devoted to the poet Mahsati Ganjavi and her rubaiyat: poetry, history and a woman’s voice.