Civil Aviation Museum of Azerbaijan

The museum consists of funds and exposition departments, a complex of 5 educational and laboratory buildings, a pilot training center, the Heydar Aliyev Museum and the Museum of Aviation History, a library, etc.^[2]

The Department of funds of the museum performs the functions of collecting, protecting museum objects, conducting accounting and registration work. The museum's collection includes visual aids, newspaper materials, manuscripts, copies of state documents, samples of fine art, etc. Their total number is more than 10 thousand. These materials were obtained from the National Archive Department of Azerbaijan, the Archive of political documents, the State Archive of Film and Photo Documents, the National Museum of the History of Azerbaijan, the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (ANAS), the Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Broadcasting CJSC, the National Library named Mirza Fatali Akhundov, the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Belarus and other sources. In addition, the museum's fund stores documents and personal belongings of family members of pilots.^[1]

The opening ceremony of the exposition department was held on February 29, 2008.^[5] Among the events held in this department, there are lectures, excursions, exhibitions ("Pilots of Azerbaijan in the Great Patriotic War”," Pilots who participated in the Karabakh war”, "The history of our republic in political persons”, "March Days", etc.).^[6][7]

For its special contributions, in 2016, the Civil Aviation Museum was awarded an Honorary Diploma of the Interstate Civil Aviation Committee.^[8]

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