House of Abdulla Shaig, museum in Baku, Azerbaijan
The House of Abdulla Shaig is a house museum in Baku housed in a small building where the writer and educator once lived. The space holds over four thousand items: books, handwritten notes, photographs, and everyday objects like his glasses and passport that document his professional and personal life.
Abdulla Shaig became known over time as a poet, playwright, and critic in Azerbaijan. The house was planned as a museum by his oldest son Kamal to preserve his legacy, and it opened in 1991 on the 120th anniversary of his birth, with the exhibition officially opening in 2001.
The house shows how much Shaig mattered to literature and education in Azerbaijan. His works and personal items give visitors a sense of his life as a writer and teacher who cared about sharing knowledge and human values.
The museum sits on Abdulla Shaig street near Icherisheher metro station and opens on weekdays with shorter hours on Saturdays. Visitors can join free guided tours in Azerbaijani or Russian that explain the writer's story and his work.
A clock in the museum stands forever stopped at the moment Shaig died, reminding visitors that his spirit lives on. His works reached people far beyond his home city and continue to be kept alive by his family's efforts today.
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