Museum of Ancient Iran
District 12, Iran
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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- Opening hours
- Mo-Su 09:00-19:00
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Located on Mashhq Square in western Tehran, the Museum of Ancient Iran stands as a landmark example of Pahlavi-era architecture, designed by French architect André Godard and constructed between 1934 and 1937 by master builders Ostad Morad Tabrizi and Abbas Ali Memar. Commissioned by Ali-Asghar Hekmat, the Minister of Education, the brick structure occupies a 5,500-square-meter site, with the building itself covering 2,744 square meters. Since its opening, it has formed one half of the National Museum of Iran, standing adjacent to the Museum of the Islamic Era.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- cultural property, archaeological museum, museum building
- Materials
- brick
- Heritage
- Iranian National Heritage
- Place
- District 12, Iran
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