Memorial Museum of Molla Panah Vagif and Molla Vali Vidadi is a museum in

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. There are 1235 exhibits in it, which are mostly dedicated to the life and works of

Molla Panah Vagif Molla Panah ( az, Molla Pənah), better known by his pen-name Vagif (), was an 18th-century Azerbaijani poet, statesman and diplomat. He is regarded as the founder of the realism genre in Azerbaijani poetry. He served as the vizier—the minist ...

and Molla Vali Vidadi. There are also other exhibits of accessories, household items, clothes, pictures, guns belonging to the 18th century.

History

Museum was opened on 20 November 1970 and its initial name was Memorial Museum of Molla Panah Vagif. Though, in 2002, the name of the museum was changed to include Molla Vali Vidadi.

References

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