National Museum of Iran

The National Museum of Iran is one of the oldest museums dedicated to ancient culture. This modest museum represents Iran’s rich history. The interior includes a collection of ceramics, potteries, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis in Fars province, Khuzestan province, Tehran province and Golestan province. There are quite a few art craft from the site of Persepolis. As you see in this photo, the ancient objects from Persepolis include a magnificent human-headed capital. It is great to view these treasure before you actually visit that wonderful site.

Magnificent human-headed capital in National Museum

 

Louvre Museum in Tehran

The iconic Louvre museum packed up and shipped for the first time some of its artworks to Tehran. The exhibition at Iran’s national museum, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, features 50 artworks, including a 2,400-year-old Egyptian sphinx, a bust of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, Iranian artifacts and drawings by western artists. The exhibition consists four sections: Birth of a Collection, Birth of a Museum, Globalization Dream and, An Alive Museum. It can be said that The Louvre Museum has just opened the first large-scale exhibition organized by a major Western museum in Iran.  The Louvre exhibition in Tehran will host visitors at the National Museum during the week from 9 am to 5pm.

Louvre Museum in Tehran

Falak-ol Aflak Castle

Situated on top of a large hill in the city of Khorramabad, the old Falak-ol Aflak Castle was built in ancient times, its origin dates back to the Sassanid period. The historical fortress was the main power center of Atabakan, the family that governed Lorestan province between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. The castle underwent different renovations, especially after the attacks which occurred during the Safavid period. The figure of this imposing fortress reminds of the medieval castles which can be found in Spain. The walls are very high, without any openings and topped with battlements and cylindrical defense towers. In 1977, after being used as a prison until 1968, it was transformed into a museum complex. The museum was closed due to the Iran-Iraq war but reopened in 1991. Specialized in history and archeology before and after the arrival of Islam, it contains interesting collections of gravestones with inscriptions and ceramics.
Take a tour with Uppersia team and see what this historical site has to offer.

Falak ol-Aflak Castle, Lorestan, Iran