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[2025 Tehran Attraction] Travel Guide for National Museum of Iran (Updated Mar)

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The National Museum of Iran was established in 1916 and exhibits more than 300,000 historical relics, including a large number of treasures left from the ancient Persian Empire. It is the largest archaeological and historical museum in Iran. At present, the museum consists of two single buildings, one is the Ancient Iran Museum, which opened in 1938. The collections here are mainly cultural relics before the Islamic era, which are of great ornamental value. There is also an exhibition area dedicated to displaying important cultural relics of Persepolis. Unmissable Exhibits One of the highlights of the Museum of Ancient Iran's exhibits is a copy of Hammurabi's Codex, the original now in the collection of Paris. In addition, the masterpieces that cannot be missed in the museum are the pure gold horn-shaped wine glass of Darius I, the statue of the Parthian warrior and the stigma head of Persepolis. Another building of the National Museum is the Museum of Islamic History opened in 1996. The exhibits include 13 parts including cultural relics, stamps, coins, research results related to the history of Iranian art, other cultural research results and photographic works related to Islamic history.

Address:
میدان امام خمینی، خیابان امام خمینی، ابتدای خیابان سی تیر, Yarjani St, شماره یک, Iran
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-3 hours
Phone:
+98 21 6670 2061
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