Reza Abbasi Museum

Reza Abbasi Museum

موزه رضا عباسی
Medians era, 7-6th century BC, located in Reza Abbasi Museum
Reza Abbasi Museum Location within Tehran
Established	1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Location	Seyed Khandan Tehran Iran
Coordinates	35°44′28.0″N 51°26′47.3″E / 35.741111°N 51.446472°E / 35.741111; 51.446472
Type	Art museum
Website	www.rezaabbasimuseum.ir

The Reza Abbasi Museum (

The collections of this museum belong to a period from the 7nd millennium BC to the early 20th century. The displays are set according to time interval. There are many objects exhibited in this museum such as artifacts made of baked clay, metal and stone from the pre historic times to pottery and metal objects, textile and lacquer painting, manuscripts and jewelry belonging to the Islamic period.[1]^[5][6]

Library

There are over 10,000 Persian, English, French and German books about Persian art, history, archaeology and classical paintings in this museum.^[1][5]

Publication department

The publication department has published many books regarding Iranian arts and collections.^[5]

Training courses

There are also different training courses in the museum such as

In May 2015 various documents of the museum which were mostly communications with Queen Farah Diba's office before 1979 Islamic Revolution were burned. The issue was revealed by Mehr News Agency in Tehran and created a lot of criticism in Persian-language media and social networks.^[3]

The collection of silver coins

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  Vonones II of Parthia
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  Vologases V of Parthia
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  Shapur II
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  Shapur I
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  Ardashir I
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  Ardashir III
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  Bahram V
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  Hormizd IV
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  Khosrau I
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  Khosrau II

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