House-Museum of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Shusha)

House-Museum of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani: Üzeyir Hacıbəyovun ev-muzeyi) is the museum located in Shusha of Uzeyir Hajibeyov, an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist, publicist, playwright, teacher and public figure, founder of the professional musical art of the modern Azerbaijan and of the national opera.

[4] After the death of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (23 November 1948), the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR adopted a resolution to perpetuate his memory (16 February 1949).

Subsequently, by the centenary of the composer in 1985, the museum was expanded, being turned into a Memorial House with two-story and one-story parts.

The organizations that were subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, in particular the Museum of History of Azerbaijan, transferred a number of items belonging to the composer to the house-museum of Hajibeyov.

[1] After the battle of shusha, which was won by the Azerbaijani armed forces, there was approved a project to restore the house-museum of Uzeyir Hajibeyov in 2021.