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2022-05-22 19:04
Achaemenid tablets returned to Persepolis for public show
TEHRAN – A selection of Achaemenid clay tablets, which were on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago since 1935, has recently been put on show in the UNESCO-registered Persepolis.
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2022-05-21 18:56
Gorgan to host exhibit of exquisite potteries, tiles and porcelains
TEHRAN – Gorgan Archaeological Museum is set to host a loan exhibition of exquisite potteries, tiles, and porcelains.
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2022-05-10 21:15
Tehran’s Sacred Defense Museum to offer free admission for days
TEHRAN – Entry will be free to Tehran’s Sacred Defense Museum from May 18 to 24 to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
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2022-05-09 18:24
2,700-year-old bricks to go on show at home
TEHRAN – A collection of recovered Mannaean bricks will go on show in the city of Bukan, western Iran, where they were originally unearthed by archaeologists in the 1970s.
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2022-04-12 22:04
Centuries-old human remains to be transferred to museum displays
TEHRAN- Centuries-old human skeletons will be put on show at a museum near the location where they were discovered in the central Isfahan province.
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2022-03-11 18:44
JICA to install anti-seismic showcases at National Museum of Iran
TEHRAN – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to design and install anti-seismic showcases at the vast National Museum of Iran, which is home to countless relics representing the juicy history of the Iranian plateau.
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2022-03-07 19:04
Tehran, Tashkent museums call for robust cooperation
TEHRAN – The National Museum of Iran has reached an agreement with the State Museum of History of Uzbekistan to widen relations, organize loan exhibits and share expertise.
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2022-03-05 21:00
Tehran, Tashkent hold immense potential to deepen museum ties: ambassador
TEHRAN – Iranian ambassador to Uzbekistan Hamid Nayyerabadi has said the two countries have immense potential to broaden museum ties due to deep cultural and historical commonalities.
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2022-03-01 21:00
Authorities consider launching museum dedicated to Tehran
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts seeks to launch a special museum dedicated to Tehran province.
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2022-02-22 21:17
Iranian museums to showcase rarely-seen objects in new year vacations
TEHRAN - Iranian museums consider showcasing collections of their rarely-seen objects during the two-week Noruz (new year) vacations, which begin on March 21.
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2022-02-16 22:09
Tehran apartment turns into tiny museum of the sixties
TEHRAN - A private collector in Tehran has turned his own apartment into a museum of the sixties, Mehr reported on Wednesday.
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2022-02-13 21:00
Historical stone lions to go on display in museum
TEHRAN- The stone lions, which were placed on top of the tombstones of brave people in the past, are planned to be collected from throughout the Kazerun county, in the southern Fars province, to eventually be displayed in a museum.
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2022-02-09 21:00
Museum dedicated to Rashti-duzi inaugurated in Rasht
TEHRAN – On Tuesday, a special museum dedicated to Rashti-duzi was officially inaugurated in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province, where the traditional crochet and sewing work of art is named after.
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2022-02-08 20:35
More historical buildings in row to turn into museums in Gilan
TEHRAN – The tourism department of Gilan considers turning additional historical structures into heritage museums to enrich travels in the northern Iranian province.
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2022-02-08 20:30
First woodcarving museum makes debut in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s first special museum dedicated to woodcarving was inaugurated on Sunday in Kermanshah, western Iran, CHTN reported.
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2022-02-06 21:47
Morteza Adibzadeh appointed director of museums, historical properties
TEHRAN – On Sunday, Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Darabi appointed Morteza Adibzadeh as the director of museums and historical properties.
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2022-02-01 21:19
Qajar-era newspapers on show at Tehran museum
TEHRAN – A selection of Qajar-era (1789–1925) newspapers, draft reports, letters, and other related documents has been put on show at the Post and Communications Museum in downtown Tehran.
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2022-01-26 19:15
Wrecked cars of Iranian nuclear martyrs on show at Tehran museum
TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Museum in Tehran has put on show wrecked cars in which five Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated by armed attacks.
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2022-01-25 18:53
Tehran museum publishes book on Sassanid coins
TEHRAN – Bank Melli Iran Museum has published a book on coins and coinage during the Sassanid era (224–651).
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2022-01-23 21:27
Judicial building in Bander-e Anzali to turn into museum
TEHRAN – A historical judicial building in Bander-e Anzali of Gilan province is planned to be turned into a museum dedicated to history, law, and sports, the provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2022-01-11 21:10
Discover clock museum in northern Tehran
TEHRAN – Zaman (Time) Museum in northern Tehran is where you may roam through for hours. It is home to water clocks and oil clocks, sun clocks, and ones operated with the help of candles or sand grains, to name a few.
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2022/01/08
A birthplace of musical instruments
TEHRAN - Narratives say the initiation of music in Iran dates back to the time of the mythical king, Jamshid. However, fragmentary documents from various periods, including rock-carved carvings, suggest millennia of musical practices in every corner of the ancient land.
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2021-12-14 21:16
Ground broken for national museum of ‘red gold’
TEHRAN – Construction of a long-awaited national museum of saffron officially began on Thursday with a ground-breaking ceremony in the northeastern Qaenat region which is famed for its ‘red gold’.
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2021-12-11 21:35
By Afshin Majlesi
Sold! Iranian treasures went under the hammer in London auction
TEHRAN – On December 8, two majestic royal gold plaques among other ancient Iranian treasures went under the hammer for hundreds of thousands of pounds at Christie’s in London.
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2021-12-10 20:22
Iran TV dedicates live broadcasts to museum artifacts
TEHRAN - Iranian state television has live broadcasts to introduce magnificent objects being kept at the National Museum of Iran.
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2021-12-07 18:12
Persepolis excavation yields glazed bricks bearing bull and dragon motifs
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian and Italian archaeologists has recently unearthed some glazed bricks, which bear bull and dragon motifs.
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2021-12-05 21:37
Prehistorical objects donated to Kerman tourism directorate
TEHRAN – An Iranian cultural heritage lover has recently donated five prehistorical relics to the tourism directorate of the southeastern Kerman province.
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2021-11-16 18:52
Webinar to explore 100 years of museology in Iran
TEHRAN – Tens of cultural heritage experts, archaeologists, and curators have been invited to attend a Tehran webinar to discuss 100 years of museology in Iran.
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2021-11-14 21:31
Bathhouse to be repurposed into heritage museum
TEHRAN – The Safavid-era (1501-1736) Haj Saleh public bathhouse in the western Iranian city of Saqqez, Kordestan province will be repurposed into a museum, a local tourism official has announced.
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2021-11-13 21:10
180-million-year-old fossil donated to Iran museum
TEHRAN – A fossilized piece of an extinct marine animal, estimated to date more than 180 million years, has recently been donated to a major museum in northeastern Iran.
