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2019-07-16 19:22

Foreign visits to Sacred Defense Museum jumps 80 percent

TEHRAN - The number of foreign tourists visiting the Sacred Defense Museum in Tehran in the past Iranian calendar year (March 2018-19) jumped 80 percent compared with a year earlier.

A view of the UNESCO-registered Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System in Khuzestan province

2019-07-09 20:42

No major harm to Khuzestan historical sites by quake

TEHRAN – No serious damage has been reported to museums and cultural heritage sites across Iran’s Khuzestan province hit by a medium-sized quake on Monday, according to the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.

2019-07-02 21:59

Museum of meteorites opens in Tehran

People look at outer space rocks in a museum of meteorites, which officially opened to the public at Tehran’s Azadi Tower (Borj-e Azadi) on July 2, 2019.

2019-07-02 20:17

Ancient fort in southern Tehran to turn into outdoor museum

TEHRAN – The ruined Gabri fort, which is said to date from Sassanid era, will be turned into an outdoor museum, an official with the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

2019-06-30 23:16

208 museums set up since August 2013 in Iran

TEHRAN – A total of 208 museums have been established in Iran since President Hassan Rouhani assumed office on August 3, 2013, CHTN reported.

2019-06-30 22:49

Museum dedicated to meteorites to open in Tehran

TEHRAN - A major museum, specialized for meteorites, is scheduled to be opened to the public on July 2 at Tehran’s Azadi Tower (Borj-e Azadi).

2019-06-26 19:30

Sarein’s historic hill to turn into outdoor museum

TEHRAN – A northwestern Iranian hill, which embraces a ruined temple dedicated to ancient goddess of Anahita, will be turned into an outdoor museum in Sarein county, Ardebil province.

2019-05-21 21:41

25 million visited Iran’s heritage museums in calendar year

TEHRAN – Some 25 million people paid visits to heritage museums and historical sites across Iran during the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20).

2019-05-21 15:25

Iran’s sports museum opens in Tehran

TEHRAN – Iran’s sports museum was inaugurated in National Olympic Committee headquarters in Tehran on Monday.

A view of the Moghadam Museum in downtown Tehran.

2019-05-15 19:53

Step inside the most “valuable” house in the world

TEHRAN – Many Iranians believe that Moghadam Museum in downtown Tehran may be the most “expensive” home in the world because the 1960s’ house is chock-full of rare and ancient objects.

2019-05-11 23:05

Iran to establish ecomuseum dedicated to nomadic people

TEHRAN – Tourism officials of Iran’s southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province plan to establish an ecomuseum dedicated to the province’s nomadic people and their everyday life.

2019-05-08 19:45

Thousands-year-old vase to be unveiled in Ardebil

TEHRAN – On May 18, concurrent with the International Museum Day, a three-thousand-year-old silver vase, which was recently found in Iran’s Ardebil province, will be unveiled in museum exhibition, provincial tourism chief has said.

2019-04-13 22:04

Half a million visits to Sa’dabad museums registered in Noruz

TEHRAN – Iran tourism body has registered over half a million visits to museums at Tehran’s Sa’dabad Cultural-Historical Complex during the New Year (Noruz) holidays (March 21-April 5).

2019-04-10 22:08

Niavaran complex hosts 8k visitors during Noruz

TEHRAN – A total of 80,835 people toured Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural-Historical Complex during the New Year (Noruz) holidays (March 21-April 5).

A view of Abbasi Hotel in the historic city of Isfahan

2019-04-09 09:21

Over 8.5 million visited Iran’s heritage museums during Noruz

TEHRAN – More than 8.5 million people paid visit to heritage museums and historical sites across Iran during the New Year (Noruz) holidays, which ended on April 2.

2019-03-13 21:43

Heritage museums, historical sites host 21m visitors

TEHRAN – Iran’s heritage museums and historical sites have so far attracted some 21 million visitors during the current Iranian calendar year, which ends on March 20, IRNA reported.

2019-03-06 21:57

Museum displaying decades of archaeological discoveries in Iran

TEHRAN – Selects of objects unearthed in Iran over the four past decades have been put on show at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.

Tehran museum to showcase objects from Hormozgan

2019-03-05 09:46

Tehran museum to showcase ancient objects from Hormozgan

TEHRAN – A collection of ancient objects, unearthed in Hormozgan province, will be put on show at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.

Cyrus Cylinder and other magnificent relics of ancient Persia on display at Room 52 of the British Museum, London

2019-02-11 22:19

Persian antiquities found in almost all museums worldwide

TEHRAN – People around the world visit countless pieces of antiquities from the Persian Empire in different museums every day, without ever asking themselves how those relics ended up thousands of kilometers away from their home in Iran, Press TV wrote in a recent article.