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Art And Cultural Places


Reza Abbasi Museum, Tehran

Saturday, 05 January 2008 15:07 administrator
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This museum has been named after the famous artist (painter) and calligrapher of the Safavid era and consists of two halls: 
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Reja't Va Ebrat (King's Mother Palace) Museum, Tehran

Saturday, 05 January 2008 15:06 administrator
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This palace is in the aggregate of Sa’d Abad and in 1971 was utilized as the residence for the Queen Mother. Valuable Iranian carpets and articles brought from Europe can be noted here.
 

Ostad Soqti (13th Aban) Museum, Tehran

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This museum was constructed in the year 1946 and at present it belongs to the Red Crescent Society. Soqti created approximately about 6,000 paintings and over a thousand number of gypsum, stone and bronze statues of reputed scientific and literal personalities of Iran and even different kinds of people belonging to different cultures and costs.
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Natural Monuments and Wildlife Museum (Dar Abad), Tehran

Saturday, 05 January 2008 15:05 administrator
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 This museum is the richest Natural History museums of Iran which was inaugurated in 1993. Animals are kept in five sections of this museum each for mammals, birds, aquatic species, reptiles and insects. In paleontology section, the first living objects on earth and fossils with scientific classifications have been put for display.
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National Jewelry Museum, Tehran

Saturday, 05 January 2008 15:03 administrator
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The background of National Jewels of Iran dates back to Safavid era in which it was decided that national jewels belong to National Treasury of government,i.e., apart from the personal properties of the sovereign. The valuable collections of this museum comprises of the pink colored diamond of Darya-ye-Noor (182 Carats), the Peacock Throne or Takhte Tavous which was built during the reign of Fathali Shah consisted of twelve different pieces (Joined together)and with 26,733 pieces of jewels attached to it.
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