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2019-11-03 18:41
Visits to North Khorasan’s museums jump fivefold in H1
TEHRAN – Visits to historical and cultural heritage museums in North Khorasan province jumped by fivefold during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), compared to the same period last year.
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2019-11-02 19:29
Religious endowment relics on show at Tehran museum
TEHRAN – An exhibition of religious endowment (waqf) relics on Saturday opened to the public at the National Museum of Iran, according to the museum’s website.
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2019-09-18 23:01
A walk in Iran’s first modern university
TEHRAN - Photos depict Dar ul-Funun, a mid-19th century scholastic center in downtown Tehran, which marks the start of modern education in Iran.
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2019-08-16 18:10
Visits to North Khorasan museums increase by fourfold
TEHRAN – Visits to archaeological and cultural heritage museums in North Khorasan province have increased by fourfold during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21), compared to the same period last year.
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2019-08-04 19:56
Visitors to West Azarbaijan museums almost doubles yr/yr
TEHRAN - With its rich culture and unique natural landscapes, Iran’s West Azarbaijan province is becoming an increasingly popular destination for local and even international travelers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2019-02-07 00:47
Yazd hotels, museums offering discounts to Chinese visitors
TEHRAN - Hotels and museums in the city of Yazd are offering deep discounts on accommodation and entry fees for Chinese travelers on the occasion of the Chinese New Year celebrations.
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2018-12-12 17:04
Urmia Museum of Anthropology adds manuscripts gallery
TEHRAN – Urmia Museum of Anthropology in West Azarbaijan province has added a new gallery, special for rare handwritten manuscripts.
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2018-12-03 22:46
Currency exhibit opens in Bandar Abbas
TEHRAN – Collections of domestic and foreign currencies have been put on show at the Persian Gulf anthropology museum in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, CHTN reported on Sunday.
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2018-10-31 20:56
Recovered Achaemenid relief reaches Mashhad
TEHRAN – A newly recovered Achaemenid-era (550-330 BC) bas-relief, which President Hassan Rouhani brought it back from the U.S. on September 27, has been delivered to Mashhad’s Khorasan Great Museum for a loan exhibit.
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2018-10-31 20:51
Ancient sword, coins, ornaments recovered in southeast Iran
TEHRAN – The Iranian police have recently confiscated a sword, coins, personal ornamentations among other historical relics from two smugglers in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, ILNA reported.
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2018-10-05 21:13
Jameh Mosque of Saveh: A museum of Islamic architecture
Photo depicts courtyard, arched arcades and tiled dome of the Jameh Mosque of Saveh in central Iran, October 4, 2018.
