In the first half of 2026, a total of 463,965 people visited the museums and reserves operating under the State Service for the Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture.
This was reported by the agency in response to an inquiry from elchi.
According to the information, 342,305 of the visitors went to museums, and 121,660 visited historical and cultural reserves. Among those who visited the reserves, 70,787 were local and 50,873 were foreign visitors.
The most visited place among the reserves was the Gobustan National Historical-Artistic Reserve with 63,906 people. The following places were the Ganja State Historical-Cultural Reserve (22,259 people), the “Genocide Memorial Complex” located in the city of Guba (17,224 people), the “Pir Huseyn Khanagah” Historical-Architectural Reserve (7,522 people), and the “Chiraggala-Shabran” State Historical-Cultural Reserve (3,420 people).
During the reporting period, 9 of the reserves joined the “iTicket” platform.
As for the museums, in the first six months, they were visited by a total of 342,305 people, including 275,886 local and 66,419 foreign visitors.
The museum that received the most visitors was the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum and its Shusha branch. 72,811 people (23,307 local, 49,504 foreign) visited here.
The Azerbaijan National Museum of Art was visited by 24,685 people, the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan by 14,395, and the National Museum of Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi by 5,836 people. The total number of visitors for other museums was 224,578.