British Council backs development of Azerbaijani museums

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

The British Council Azerbaijan, in partnership with the Azerbaijan Culture and Tourism Ministry and National Art Museum held a round table on the development of local museum experts and increasing public interest in museums.

As part of the project , British experts Jane Weeks, Museum, Libraries & Archives Advisor and Johanna van Mil, Museum Consultant will discuss the state and problems of Azerbaijani museums and meet local museums experts to discuss further training programs.

Sevda Mammadaliyeva, Deputy Culture Minister, Azada Huseynova, Director of Museum Department, Chingiz Farzaliyev, Director of National Museum of Arts, and Irfan Siddiq, UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, as well as Elizabeth White, British Council Director, delivered a welcome speech during the event.

Sevda Mammadaliyeva said: “I am confident that this project will make a significant contribution to the protection of our cultural legacy and cultural relations between the United Kingdom and Azerbaijan.”