Ქიამილ ალიევის სახლ-მუზეუმი, Museum in Azerbaijan

The Kamil Aliyev House-Museum at Khagani Street 18 in central Baku opened on 13 June 2023 in the flat where the carpet artist lived from 1994 to 1998. Its rooms display 24 ornamental author carpets, 7 portrait carpets, 23 watercolour sketches, an ivory-framed mirror and 8 jewellery fragments. Aliyev (1921–2005) worked for 64 years in Azerbaijani carpet art, and his carpets are known for a golden-ochre palette.

Kamil Aliyev lived in this house for the last 11 months of his life and died there at 83. A memorial plaque was unveiled on 26 October 2007, and the house-museum opened in 2023, founded by his daughter Narmina Aliyeva, 18 years after his death.

Kamil Aliyev wove pile and flat-woven carpets for 64 years, and the museum shows 24 ornamental and 7 portrait carpets, among them likenesses of Fuzuli, Nasimi, Nizami Ganjavi, Rustaveli and Pushkin. His carpets are known for a golden-ochre palette. The collection also holds 23 watercolour sketches used to weave the carpets, an ivory-framed mirror and fragments of jewellery.

The museum is at Khagani Street 18, next to the Union of Theatre Workers building, near Sahil metro station and the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre. The display occupies the rooms where Kamil Aliyev lived in 1994–1998. The house-museum opened on 13 June 2023, so check current opening arrangements before visiting.

The Azerbaijani Wikipedia states the museum opened in 2007, while the Russian article dates the display to 13 June 2023; the house is where Kamil Aliyev spent the last 11 months of his life and died at 83. A memorial plaque was unveiled on the wall on 26 October 2007. Among the carpets shown are works the artist left unfinished.