Iran National Museum: Historical museums are bridges to past events, linking our time to the previous centuries and creating an environment of learning.

Many people point to the establishments of the Lourve after the French revolution as the first museum in the world but the concept of public historical museums actually began in Iran. After Nader Shah’s conquest of India, he returned with precious gems and objects like the Kooh-e-Noor (the mountain of light), Datya-e-Noor (the sea of light), and Takht-e-Tavous (the throne of the peacock), and wanted to display them for the kingdom to admire. The archeological excavations of the 19^th and 20^th centuries drove the construction of the first Iranian museum. It was designed by French architect Andre Godar, a researcher in the “Dar-ol-fonoon” school in the 1930’s. The main façade of his design is an interpretation of the Sasanian and Ashkanian era (220 BC-620 AD), constructed like the high porch of the Kasra in Tisfoon, Iran or Hotra palace in Iraq, calling to mind the life of the nomadic peoples of the Iranian plateau.

Iran National Museum

Other Sasanian era architectural masterpieces, like the palace in Firuzabad and palace of Bahean Goor in Sarvestan, inspired other portions of the museum, like the verandah and main entrance, which is designed to jut out beyond the structure, blending the internal and external spaces. This fusion of architecture and environment makes a statement about the fusion of humanity and its beliefs about the sky, nature, and God.

Tarry ceramics from the 2^nd millennium BC Azerbaijan and glazed ceramics from the Acadian era used for burial purposes are foremost among the exquisite art facts on display in the museum. A statue of a cow, a symbol of birth and life, came from a temple in Choghazanbil during the Elamite era. The famous epic of Gilgamesh, symbolizing the struggle between human and nature and the triumph of human knowledge is the image of our struggles today.

While exploring the historical eras within the Iran National Museum, some objects stand out like the tops of the pillars of Persepolis, the great stone cutting of the Achaeminds era, and works relating to Hellenic, Greek, and Ashkanian Partizan cultures. These include the precious stones and exquisite art of the Sasanian era, as displayed in ceramic, glass, coin, and in arabesque stucco and tile.

This museum’s collections are treasures of humanity and represent the foundation and growth of civilization as uncovered through scientific archeological excavations. Every item has been carefully researched, identified, cataloged, and authenticated.

In Iran National Museum, the collection and combination of archaeological history museum objects are usually are made possible in several ways:

1. Through direct drilling by a group of archaeological from sites and the percentage of the number of objects belonging to the group over the discovery that closed before or after our drilling between the Government parties.
2. Purchase from collectors.
3. Purchase via auctions, particularly Paris and London.
4.  Through illegal smuggling from one country to another country
5. Carriage of objects without informing in writing and performing the act of heist.

View of the museum and also in comparison with the world’s most important archaeological museums such as the British Museum, the Louvre Museum, Armitage.

The Iran Bastan (Iran National Museum) is one of the rarest of the Museum that its objects achieved by scientific ways with a historical profile, place of discovery, skillful and profession group and with awareness to the layers of history that have the identity and each rated exploration certicate.