House Museum of Abdulla Shaig

[1] In 1900, Abdullah Shaig moved from Tbilisi to Baku and lived in a small apartment in Icheri Sheher with his mother Mehri and his brother Yusuf Ziya Talibzade.

Ahmed Javad, Huseyn Javid, Jafar Jabbarly, Mikayil Mushfig, Samad Vurgun, and other Azerbaijani intellectuals often used to visit the writer in this house.

In the first room (used as a kitchen) the own books of the writer and his various translations of world-known works such as “Shahnameh”, “Macbeth”, “Gulliver”, “Robinson Crusoe”, and etch are exhibited.

[3] The living room is used to hang the portraits of his families: Yusif Ziya Talibzade (his elder brother), his wife Shahzade khanim.

[4] Overall, the museum is claimed to have over 4,000 exhibits in four rooms:  writer's books, photos, and personal objects like pen, watch and glasses.