Iran Museumes
 
Iran's Carpet Museum   
In Iran's Carpet Museum, the unique treasury of Iran, varieties of valuable hand woven carpets of the country are displayed. A vast part of this collection belongs to 13th century. On the first floor of the Museum, masterpieces from Esfahan, Kashan, Kerman, khorassan, Kurdestan and Tabriz are presented. Normally, something around 135 pieces of rugs and carpets are on display. There is a movie-house in which you can watch films and see slides in the fields of carpet weaving. The Museum serves other purposes such as research in the history of carpet weaving, purchase and upkeep of Persian carpets. Visiting hours: everyday 9:00- 17:00 except Monday Address: Karegar-e Shomali Ave, North of Laleh Park. Tel: 657707,652093
  National Museum of Iran
This monumental building was built in 1927 by Andre Godar form France and was called traditional treasury of Iran. This Museum is your spiritual home in Tehran, where objects unearthed during recent excavations are to be found side by side with objects representing the great periods of history and pre-history. The first floor of Museum belongs to pre-historic, Achaemenian and Sassanian and the second floor to the Islamic objects. In this Museum you can also find some photographed objects which have become renowned around the world: Sialk pottery with "modern" stylized decorations ( 11th-16th century BC); terra cotta animals of the same period from the Caspian and Azarbaijan regions; several famous lurestan bronzes( 8th century BC); the famous delicately chiseled Marlik gold tankard with its d袯r of winged rams (10th century BC); and a copy of the Louver's Code of Hammurabi to remind us that the original wa excavated at Susa. Visitors who do not have time to go to Persepolis of Susa will find in the National Museum of Iran significant vestiges of Achaemenian decorations: enameled brick panels, bull-head shaped column capitals, gold plates engraved with royal decorations in three languages(ancient Persian, Babylonian, Elamite) and so on. The most fantastic part of the museum , although, is the turmoil imposed by Islam on Iranian life and arts. It is another world which is refelected in Kuffic writing on wood, stone, precious fabrics, pottery and parchment. Visiting hours: 9:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00 every day except Tuesdays. Address: 30th Tir St, Imam Khomeini Ave. Tel: 672061-6
National Jewels Museum  
The National Jewels Museum is the dazzling unique collection of jewels in the world. This precious treasury has a facinating history that goes back several centuries. The jewels have been collected by many kings and conquerors who sometimes went to altitudes to get them and were so thrilled by their possession that some of them had their names, together with dates, carved on cetain big-sized gems. There are more than 40 showcases at the gallery and numerous invaluable jewels, gems and many antique articles for decoration, warfare, and items of every day use each being generously ornamented and studded with hundreds of precious stone, turquoise, and pearls. The arrangement of showcased has changed from time to time, but among the highlights are: 1) The Darya-ye Nur, Sea of light, a 182-carat diamond, which is the world's largest pink diamond which the name of Fath Ali Shah was carved on one side. 2) The noted gika (aigrette) of Nader Shah, Weighing 781 carats in all, which probably dates to the reign of Fath Ali Shah. 3) The extraordinary Globe of Jewels completed in 1869 at the behest of Nasser od-Din Shah. Address: Bank Markazi Iran building, Ferdowsi Ave, Opp Turkish Embassy. Visiting hours: 14:00-16:00 Sundays and Tuesdays. (Children under 15 are not allowed in. Necessary to say, photography is not permitted inside the gallery.) Tel: 3110101-9
  Coin Museum

This exclusive museum is located in the middle of central building of Bank Sepah (Imam Khomeini Avenue) and was established in 1962, but closed for 6 years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution. It consists of one of the greatest and most valuable specialized collection of ancient Iranian coins from pre-Islamic, Islamic, and contemporary periods, as well as foreign coins from all over the world (specially Phoenician, Babylonian, Indian etc).