National Museum of Iran - Wikipedia National Museum of Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Archaeology museum in Tehran, Iran National Museum of Iran موزهٔ ملی ایران Muze-ye Melli-ye Irān Museum of Ancient Iran Established 1937 Location Tehran, Iran Type Archaeology museum Collection size Archaeological collections from Paleolithic to Qajar period Director Jebrael Nokandeh Owner ICHTO Website irannationalmuseum.ir The National Museum of Iran (Persian: موزهٔ ملی ایران‎ Mūze-ye Melli-ye Irān) is located in Tehran, Iran. It is an institution formed of two complexes; the Museum of Ancient Iran and the Museum of Islamic Archaeology and Art of Iran, which were opened in 1937 and 1972, respectively. The institution hosts historical monuments dating back through preserved ancient and medieval Iranian antiquities, including pottery vessels, metal objects, textile remains, and some rare books and coins.[1] It also includes a number of research departments, categorized by different historical periods and archaeological topics. Contents 1 History 2 Collections 3 Exhibitions 4 Departments 5 Gallery 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History[edit] The entrance of the Museum of Ancient Iran, part of the National Museum of Iran. The brick building of the Museum of Ancient Iran was designed by French architects André Godard and Maxime Siroux in the early 20th century, and was influenced by Sassanian vaults, particularly the Taq Kasra at Ctesiphon.[2] Its construction, with an area of about 11,000 square metres (13,000 sq yd), began in 1935 and was completed within two years by Abbas Ali Memar and Morad Tabrizi. It was then officially inaugurated in 1937.[3] Museum of Islamic Archaeology and Art of Iran, part of the National Museum of Iran. The Museum of Islamic Era was later built with white travertine on the grassy grounds of the Museum of Ancient Iran. It has gone through quite a few hasty interior changes, and was still being remodeled when the 1979 Revolution swept the country. A Survey of the History of Iran on the Basis of Iran National Museum, Guide book of Iran National Museum in four languages General View of Iran Bastan Museum, Iran National Museum, Tehran 2020 While the Museum of Ancient Iran always had a clear mandate to show archaeological relics, as well as some rare medieval textiles and rug pieces, the newer complex began to also feature the exquisite Amlash pottery from prehistoric Caspian Sea regions of Iran. This followed some modern works, and the repeated gutting and remodeling of the interior. The Museum of Ancient Iran consists of two floors. Its halls contain artifacts and fossils from the Lower, Middle, and Upper Paleolithic, as well as the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, early and late Bronze Age, and Iron Ages I-III, through the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanian eras. The newer complex consists of three floors. It contains various pieces of pottery, textiles, texts, artworks, astrolabes, and adobe calligraphy, from Iran's post-classical era. Organizational chart of National Museum of Iran Collections[edit] The oldest artifacts kept at the museum are from Kashafrud, Darband, and Shiwatoo, which date back to the Lower Paleolithic period. Mousterian stone tools made by Neanderthals are also on display at the first hall of the Museum of Ancient Iran. The most important Upper Paleolithic tools are from Yafteh, dating back about 30,000 to 35,000 years. There are also 9,000-year-old human and animal figurines from Sarab mound in Kermanshah, among many other ancient artifacts. Exhibitions[edit] The ground floor of the newer complex has been dedicated to contemporary exhibitions. Temporary exhibition galleries are featured two or three times annually, and usually run for about one to two months. One of the most successful exhibitions, entitled Evidence for Two Hundred Thousand Years of Human-Animal Bonds in Iran, ran from August to October 2014.[4] The exhibition was mainly about the relation and coexistence of past human societies and various animal species in Iran, since the late Lower Paleolithic to modern decades. Departments[edit] Research Group Head: Yousef Hassanzadeh Paleolithic Department Head:Fereidoun Biglari Prehistoric Department Head: Fariba Moejezati Historic Department Head: Shahram Heidarabadian Islamic Department Head: Karam Mirzaei Coins and seals Department Head: Fereshteh Zokaei Inscriptions Department Head: Sedigheh Piran Conservation Department Head: Parvaneh Soltani Pottery Department Head: Omolbanin Ghafoori Osteological Department Head: Marjan Mashkour Library and archive Head: Azam Jaloli Exhibitions Department Head: Nina Rezaei Photographic Studio Head: Mahbobeh Ghelich Khani Public affairs: Head: Hassan Moradi Legal and International relations Head: Masoumeh Ahmadi Gallery[edit] Museum of Ancient Iran, part of the National Museum of Iran. Museum of the Islamic Era, part of the National Museum of Iran. An Iron-Age gold cup from Marlik, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. An Iron-Age animal statue from Marlik, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A chopper from the Lower Paleolithic, found at Kashafrud, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A trihedral from the Lower Paleolithic, found at Amar Merdeg, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A clay boar figurine from the Neolithic period, found at Tepe Sarab, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. The Saltmen, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A clay figurine of a fertility goddess found at Tepe Sarab, dating back to the Neolithic, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A chlorite object with the Master of Animals motif from Kerman's Jiroft culture, dating back to Bronze Age I, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. An Elamite bull statue, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. The Statue of Parthian queen Thermusa, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. Directors of Iran national Museum since its establishment in 1937. The statue of a Parthian nobleman, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A Persepolitan mastiff statue, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. The statue of Darius I, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A statue of a Sasanian nobleman from Hajjiabad, Fars, kept at the Museum of Ancient Iran. A 9th-century ceramic bowl from Gorgan, decorated with slip beneath a transparent glaze, designing an anthropic figure with bull head, kept at the Museum of the Islamic Era. A 19th-century hookah, kept at the Museum of the Islamic Era. The Seljuq Gallery of the Museum of the Islamic Era. An 18th-century watercolor painting signed by Abol-Hasan Qaffari (Sani-ol-Molk), from the Qajar period, kept at the Museum of the Islamic Era. This leaflet is published by National Museum of Iran on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Iran Bastan Museum in 2018. See also[edit] Iran portal Reza Abbasi Museum Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art List of museums in Iran References[edit] ^ "Otraq.com, Iran's Tourism Guide" Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine ^ Sandy Isenstadt, Kishwar Rizvi. Modernism and the Middle East: Architecture and Politics in the Twentieth Century. Studies in Modernity and National Identity. University of Washington Press, 2011. ISBN 0295800305 pp.14 ^ Nokandeh, Jebrael (ed.) 2019. A Survey of the History of Iran on the Basis of Iran National Museum Collections, Second edition, Iran National Museum with the contribution of Baloot Noghrei Institute, Tehran ^ "The Guardian's report about exhibition" External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Museum of Iran. Photo Gallery of the National Museum of Iran Virtual Tour of Iran National Museum 1 [1] Virtual Tour of Iran National Museum 2 [2] Official website of Iran National Museum [3] Coordinates: 35°41′13.36″N 51°24′52.60″E / 35.6870444°N 51.4146111°E / 35.6870444; 51.4146111 v t e Major collections of Islam-related materials Africa Egypt (Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Ceramics) Libya (Islamic Museum of Tripoli, Red Castle Museum) Morocco (Majorelle Garden, Marrakech Museum) Tunisia (Bardo National Museum, Mahdia Museum, National Museum of Islamic Art) Asia South Afghanistan (Museum of Islamic Art) India (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences) Maldives (National Museum) Pakistan (Multan Museum, National Museum of Pakistan) South East Indonesia (Bayt Al Quran & Museum Istiqlal) Malaysia (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Islamic Heritage Museum, Kelantan Islamic Museum, Malay and Islamic World Museum, Melaka Al-Quran Museum, Melaka Islamic Museum, Penang Islamic Museum, Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum, Sabah Museum) Philippines (Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts) Singapore (Asian Civilisations Museum) West Bahrain (Beit Al Quran) Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum, Museum of the Islamic Era) Iraq (National Museum of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah Museum) Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum, Museum for Islamic Art) Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum) Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, Tareq Rajab Museum) Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar, Qatar National Museum) Saudi Arabia (Dar al-Madinah Museum, Mecca Museum) Syria (National Museum of Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo, Raqqa Museum) Turkey Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, İstanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam, Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Topkapi Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum) United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Zayed National Museum) Europe Denmark (David Collection) France (Arab World Institute, Louvre) Germany (Islamic Art Museum) Greece (Benaki Museum) United Kingdom (British Museum, Burrell Collection, Khalili Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum) North America Canada (Aga Khan Museum) United States (America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Shangri La (Doris Duke)) Oceania Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia) Virtual Museum with No Frontiers Part of Islamic arts v t e Tehran Province Capital Tehran Counties and cities Baharestan County Nasim Shahr Golestan Salehieh Damavand County Damavand Abali Absard Kilan Rudehen Eslamshahr County Ahmadabad-e Mostowfi Eslamshahr Chahardangeh Firuzkuh County Firuzkuh Arjomand Malard County Malard Safadasht Pakdasht County Pakdasht Sharifabad Pardis County Pardis Bumehen Pishva County Pishva Qarchak County Qarchak Qods County Qods Ray County Rey* Baqershahr Hasanabad Kahrizak Robat Karim County Robat Karim Parand Nasirabad Shahriar County Shahriar Andisheh Baghestan Ferdowsieh Sabashahr Shahedshahr Vahidieh Shemiranat County Shemiran* Fasham Lavasan Tajrish* Tehran County Tehran Varamin County Varamin Javadabad Landmarks Azadi Tower Bahman Cultural Center Tabiat Bridge Carpet Museum of Iran Dizin Ebn-e Babooyeh Golestan Palace Grand Bazaar, Tehran Iranian Crown Jewels Malik National Museum of Iran Milad Tower National Museum of Iran Niavaran Complex Pearl Palace Sa'dabad Palace Shebeli Tower Shemshak (ski resort) Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine Tangeh Savashi Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Toopkhaneh Tughrul Tower Reza Abbasi Museum St. Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church St. George Church Populated places List of cities, towns and villages in Tehran Province ^* indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran. 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