NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRAN
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The 'National Museum of Iran' (in Persian: موزه ایران باستان Muze-ye Irân-e Bâstân) is an archeological and historical museum located in Tehran. It preserves ancient Persian antiquities including pottery vessels, metal objects, books, coins etc. It was inaugurated in 1937.
The museum consists of two buildings. Building number one is dedicated to the pre-Islamic collection, while Building number two consists of post-Islamic artifacts.
Building number one consists of three halls. The three halls contain artifacts from lower, middle, and upper paleolithic, as well as neolithic, chalcolithic, early and late Bronze Ages, Iron Ages I-III, through the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid ages.
The post-Islamic part of the museum was inaugurated in 1996 and consists of three floors as well. It contains various pieces of pottery, textiles, texts, artworks, astrolabes, and adobe calligraphy from 1400 years of Islamic history in Iran.
The original museum (building I) was designed by Andre Godard, a French architect. It is located in central Tehran.
Plans are underway for the construction of a new building, as the current one lacks the capacity and standards for preserving all of Iran's excavated treasures.
There are a number of research departments in the museum consist of Center for Paleolithic Research, Center for Achaemenid Research, and Center for ceramic studies.
The oldest artifacts, in the museum are from Kashafrud and Ganj Par sites that date back to Lower Paleolithic. Mousterian Stone tools made by Neanderthal man also are shown in the first hall.There are also 9000 year old human and animal figurines from Teppe Sarab in Kermanshah Province among the many other ancient artifacts.
Some of the museum's permanent collections are routinely loaned to other notable museums such as the British Museum in London.
★ Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (website)
★ Iran's National Rug Gallery
★ Talar Vahdat Theater
★ Darabad Museum of Natural History
★ Iran Cultural Heritage Organization
★ National Museum of Iran
★ Sa'd Abad Gallery of Fine Arts
★ Glassware Museum of Tehran
★ Reza Abbasi Museum
The museum consists of two buildings. Building number one is dedicated to the pre-Islamic collection, while Building number two consists of post-Islamic artifacts.
Building number one consists of three halls. The three halls contain artifacts from lower, middle, and upper paleolithic, as well as neolithic, chalcolithic, early and late Bronze Ages, Iron Ages I-III, through the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid ages.
The post-Islamic part of the museum was inaugurated in 1996 and consists of three floors as well. It contains various pieces of pottery, textiles, texts, artworks, astrolabes, and adobe calligraphy from 1400 years of Islamic history in Iran.
The original museum (building I) was designed by Andre Godard, a French architect. It is located in central Tehran.
Plans are underway for the construction of a new building, as the current one lacks the capacity and standards for preserving all of Iran's excavated treasures.
There are a number of research departments in the museum consist of Center for Paleolithic Research, Center for Achaemenid Research, and Center for ceramic studies.
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The oldest artifacts, in the museum are from Kashafrud and Ganj Par sites that date back to Lower Paleolithic. Mousterian Stone tools made by Neanderthal man also are shown in the first hall.There are also 9000 year old human and animal figurines from Teppe Sarab in Kermanshah Province among the many other ancient artifacts.
Some of the museum's permanent collections are routinely loaned to other notable museums such as the British Museum in London.
See also
★ Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (website)
★ Iran's National Rug Gallery
★ Talar Vahdat Theater
★ Darabad Museum of Natural History
★ Iran Cultural Heritage Organization
External links
★ National Museum of Iran
★ Sa'd Abad Gallery of Fine Arts
★ Glassware Museum of Tehran
★ Reza Abbasi Museum
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