The national Carpet Museum in Baku, Azerbaijan [2048 x 1546]

ornryactor says

I just visited this museum a couple months ago. It’s fantastic. The physical layout works really well given the items on display, the curation is very good, the educational plaques on each item are in perfect English (and are actually interesting), and the whole thing is just visually neat. They even have two stations where professional weavers are sitting at a loom all day, weaving a carpet for you to walk right up and watch. (I’d hate to have that job, since it’s challenging work and there’s always people over your shoulder.)

The only thing I didn’t care for is that there are employees stationed in such a way that you are always in the line of sight of at least one, and their job is to make damn sure you don’t touch anything; it annoys me to be followed like that, but I also get that most tourists in a national capital probably are not respectful and interested museum-goers.

There are quite a few carpets there that we English speakers would probably call ‘tapestries’. They’re works of art as detailed as any painting. They are mind-blowing in their detail. I had no idea weaving enormous carpets could be as precise as a paintbrush.

This is one of the better museums I’ve ever visited, and I thoroughly recommend a visit. It’s smallish, too: you can read every word and look at every item in about 3 to 3.5 hours.

EDIT: I’m at work, but I’ll upload some photos as soon as I can. I have a ton, including examples of most of the things I mentioned here.

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abaganoush says

Credit https://mltshp.com/p/1IHZO
GershBinglander says

I love a good old qwirky museum.
Prophet_Of_Loss says

The lesser known companion to the Museum of Rock.
too_wide says

I’d love to see what ther vacuum cleaner Museum looks like .
ornryactor says

I just visited this museum a couple months ago. It’s fantastic. The physical layout works really well given the items on display, the curation is very good, the educational plaques on each item are in perfect English (and are actually interesting), and the whole thing is just visually neat. They even have two stations where professional weavers are sitting at a loom all day, weaving a carpet for you to walk right up and watch. (I’d hate to have that job, since it’s challenging work and there’s always people over your shoulder.)

The only thing I didn’t care for is that there are employees stationed in such a way that you are always in the line of sight of at least one, and their job is to make damn sure you don’t touch anything; it annoys me to be followed like that, but I also get that most tourists in a national capital probably are not respectful and interested museum-goers.

There are quite a few carpets there that we English speakers would probably call ‘tapestries’. They’re works of art as detailed as any painting. They are mind-blowing in their detail. I had no idea weaving enormous carpets could be as precise as a paintbrush.

This is one of the better museums I’ve ever visited, and I thoroughly recommend a visit. It’s smallish, too: you can read every word and look at every item in about 3 to 3.5 hours.

EDIT: I’m at work, but I’ll upload some photos as soon as I can. I have a ton, including examples of most of the things I mentioned here.
beantownchamps says

I wonder if there is a magic carpet exhibit
algalblooms says

I can smell this picture
secretagentsquirrel1 says

Probably takes a long time to vacuum….
1beatleforce1 says

This is like something off The Simpsons
zenflowkurt says

YOU BEAT CANCER AND YOU WENT BACK TO THE CARPET STORE
hotdogburglar says

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