Azerbaijan State Museum of History of Religion

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Azerbaijan State Museum of History of Religion
Former nameHistorical Museum of Atheism
Established17 September 1990
Location123а Neftchilar Ave
Baku, AZ1000
Azerbaijan
Coordinates 40°22′11″N49°50′33″E / 40.369775°N 49.842625°E / 40.369775; 49.842625 Coordinates: 40°22′11″N49°50′33″E / 40.369775°N 49.842625°E / 40.369775; 49.842625
TypeReligious museum
Collection size4000

The Azerbaijan State Museum of History and Religion is located in Baku, Azerbaijan, which highlights religious views of primitive people who lived in ancient times. The museum is joined to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1993.

Baku Place in Azerbaijan

Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. At the beginning of 2009, Baku's urban population was estimated at just over two million people. Officially, about 25 percent of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is the sole metropolis in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan Country in the South Caucasus

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bounded 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 bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and has an 11 km (6.8 mi) long border with Turkey in the northwest.

1967 - the Historical Museum of Atheism was established by the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR.

September 17, 1990 - The museum was renamed the State Museum of the History of Religion by decree number 414 of the Cabinet.

In June 1993 the museum was temporarily transferred to the Museum Center. [1]

Collections

The Scientific Foundation of the Museum of the History of Religion consists of works of art, samples of graphics, sculpture, books and manuscripts, photographs, newspapers and magazines, documents and other items related to Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There are more than 4 thousand exhibits in the funds like Collections of Buddhist artifacts, Buddha statue decorated with various stones, Icons depicted on the canvas, Collections of Jewish exhibits, Instances of the Talmud, Collections and complexes of Christian exhibits, Instances of the Bible, Samples of the clothes of the servants of the church, Artistic works written on religious themes, Icons created on metal and canvas, Collections of Islamic artifacts, The manuscripts of the Quran are collected in different periods, Copyrights, Artistic works written by Azerbaijani artists on religious themes, Various objects for performing religious rites, Photos, Newspapers, Magazines etc. [2]

Buddhism World religion, founded by the Buddha

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies. Buddhism originated in ancient India as a Sramana tradition sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, spreading through much of Asia. Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognised by scholars: Theravada and Mahayana.

Judaism The ethnic religion of the Jewish people

Judaism is the collective religious, cultural and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel. It encompasses a wide body of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. The Torah is part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible, and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. With between 14.5 and 17.4 million adherents worldwide, Judaism is the tenth largest religion in the world.

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Its adherents, known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and the savior of all people, whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, called the Old Testament in Christianity, and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the world's largest religion with about 2.4 billion followers.

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References

  1. "Historical museums and reserves". Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. Azerbaijan State Museum of History of Religion