Civil Aviation Museum ofAzerbaijan (Azerbaijani:Azərbaycan Mülki Aviasiya Muzeyi) is a civil aviation museum that has been operating under the auspices of the National Aviation Academy of the Republic of Azerbaijan since April 2005.[1]
The National Academy of Aviation was established in 1992 as the "National Aviation Center". In 1994, the center was renamed the National Aviation Academy.[2]
In April 2005, the management of CJSC “Azerbaijan Airlines” decided to create a museum of civil aviation of Azerbaijan.[3]
The Civil Aviation Museum is guided by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Museums", "Instructions for the registration and protection of museum valuables and museum collections of the Republic of Azerbaijan" of theMinistry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan and other state documents.[4]
The museum consists of funds and exposition departments, a complex of 5 educational and laboratory buildings, a pilot training center, theHeydar 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 theNational Archive Department of Azerbaijan, the Archive of political documents, the State Archive of Film and Photo Documents, theNational Museum of the History of Azerbaijan, the Institute of History of theNational Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (ANAS), theAzerbaijan State Television and Radio Broadcasting CJSC, the National Library namedMirza Fatali Akhundov, the Embassy of Azerbaijan inBelarus 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]