Tehran Sights: Museums

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Golestan Palace

• Golestan Palace, www.golestanpalace.ir, the oldest of the historic monuments in Tehran. The Golestan (Rose Garden) citadel is one of mainly visited places in Tehran, which was the Qajars' royal residence, and its garden is an oasis of coolness and peace in the heart of the city. The major building, architecturally unpretentious, houses a museum with objects from the Qajar period in the self-important style of last century. In the Golestan garden, a one-story pavilion to the right and a short distance from the entrance, shelters one of the best organized museums in Tehran. It encloses about thirty showcases presenting almost everything related to Iran, which makes up the critical originality of Iranian life in the a variety of provinces of the country.
• Niavaran Palace, www.niavaranpalace.ir
• Kolahstudio-an Art Basement, www.kolahstudio.com
• Sa'd Abad Gallery of Fine Arts, www.saadabadgallery.ir
• Glassware Museum of Tehran, www.glasswaremuseum.org
• Iran's National Rug Gallery, carpetmuseum.ir
• Reza Abbasi Museum, www.rezaabbasimuseum.ir
• Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, www.ir-tmca.com
• Tehran Theater of the Performing Arts (Te'atr e Shahr)
• Talar Vahdat Theater
• National Museum of Iran, www.nationalmuseumofiran.ir
• Darabad Museum of Natural History
• Saadabad Palace, www.saadabadpalace.org(Persian site).
• Time Museum, Evolution of time-measurement instruments. Located in Farmaniye district, north of Tehran
• Money Museum, Coins and banknotes from different historic periods. Located in Mirdamad street.
• National Arts Museum, Located in Baharestan district.
• Ebrat Museum, The prison of Shah ages.

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