Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU) and Jafar Jabbarli's house-museum jointly organized an event titled "Museums are our history" dedicated to May 18 - International Museum Day. A traveling exhibition of the museum was also organized as part of the event.

AzTU faculty and student staff, museum and library staff participated in the event.

The traveling exhibition prepared by Jafar Jabbarli's house-museum, reflecting the rich literary heritage of the great playwright, used interesting materials and a rich photo archive reflecting different periods of the writer's life and creativity.

Extensive information was presented about his works in various literary genres, as well as his activities in various fields of culture. Among the exhibition materials, Jafar Jabbarli's literary examples kept secret from the general readership for many years ("The Conquest of Edirne", "The Battle of Tripoli"), as well as his political activities (1923-1927), and a number of facts about his prison work were brought to attention.

Speaking at the event, Gamar Seyfaddingizi, the director of Jafar Jabbarli's house-museum and the grandson of the great playwright, told the students about Jafar Jabbarli's great contributions to the development of Azerbaijani literature and culture, his active participation in the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920), and his prison issue.

Habib Mirzayev, the head of the AzTU Department of Humanitarian Sciences, spoke about the writer's work in various important fields of art, along with literary creativity, and about the writer's recognition as a talented translator and film figure.

AzTU students Sarkhan Mikayilli, Durna Hasanli, and Janpolad Guliyev recited the playwright's poems "Ana", "Men bir susmaz goguyam ki" and "Azerbaijani flag". AzTU graduate, young singer Farhad Rahimli performed the songs "Gerak günsul dağları aşıb sonmayaydi" and "Hayat sən kiminsən" written to the words of the writer.

A film about the life and work of the great artist was screened at the event.