Museum of the Islamic Era

The Museum of the Islamic Era (Persian: موزه دوران اسلامی) is one of the museums of the National Museum of Iran, located near of Imam Khomeini Square, Tehran, Iran.[1] Most of the objects in this museum are selected from the works of scientific excavations or prestigious collections such as Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble.[2] The National Museum of Iran has two main sections: Museum of Ancient Iran and Museum of the Islamic Era; The Museum of the Islamic Era is dedicated to displaying historical monuments and objects of post-Islamic Iran.[3][4]

Museum of the Islamic Era
موزه دوران اسلامی
Entrance of the Museum of the Islamic Era
Museum of the Islamic Era is located in Tehran
Museum of the Islamic Era
Location of the museum in the city Tehran
Established1996 (1996)
LocationNational Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran
Coordinates35.687069°N 51.415413°E / 35.687069; 51.415413
TypeNational history museum
Collections
Public transit accessImam Khomeini station, Line 1, Tehran Metro

In the Museum of the Islamic Era, a large section is dedicated to Qurans and manuscripts, in which gold-plated Qurans with Kufic scripts of early Islam can be seen. In another part, there are inscriptions of manuscripts or Quran and hadiths in the form of Epigraphy or Mihrab.[5]

History

The construction of the Museum of the Islamic Era began in 1944 and was inspired by the Sassanid palace of Bishapur, in the grounds of the National Museum of Iran, and in 1950, with an area of about 4,000 square meters and 3 floors, its building was constructed. This building was equipped for the purpose of establishing the Museum of the Islamic Era and was inaugurated in 1996, but on June 22, 2006, with the aim of improving and completing the facilities, expanding some spaces and reviewing the display of works, this museum was closed for 9 years and reopened on August 29, 2015.[6]

Structure

The Museum of the Islamic Era has three floors, the ground floor of which includes a meeting hall and temporary exhibition halls, and the first and second floors of the museum also has a total of seven halls. The halls in the first floor are Quran Hall, Timurid Hall, Safavid Halls and Qajar Halls. The halls in the second floor are Early Islamic Halls, Seljuk Halls and Ilkhanid Halls. The museum has 170 showcases with 1,500 historical objects arranged in a historical schedule.[7][2][1]

Museum of the Islamic Era inside view

Visit

The visit route of the Museum of the Islamic Era, starts from the second floor. From the second floor to the first floor of the Museum of the Islamic Era, the placement and arrangement of objects sorted according to historical timing.[5][2]

The first thing in front of the entrance of the first floor is the Quran Hall. There is Timurid Hall on the right and three halls on the left belong to Qajar dynasty history. The next three halls after Timurid Hall on the right belong to the Safavid dynasty history. An important part of the first floor of the Museum of the Islamic Era is dedicated to the manuscripts of the gilded Qurans and the Kufic scripts of early Islam. Of course, manuscripts do not end only with Quran, there is examples of manuscripts related to scientific, literary and historical books, and topics such as painting, calligraphy, writing instruments, medical and astronomical tools, textiles, lighting fixtures, pottery and arts made of metal, tiles, plastered altars and various utensils.[4][5][1][2]

At the entrance of the second floor there is a very large painting of an Iranian traditional coffee house. The first and second hall on the right is related to works of the beginning of Islam in Iran and the next two halls belong to Seljuk dynasty history. Three halls on the left belong to Ilkhanate history. The objects in this floor are arranged with an emphasis on the architectural decorations of the Islamic period.[5][4][1][2]

The treasures of the works of the Museum of the Islamic Era, including 1,500 historical objects, collected from monuments and archaeologists excavations and kept in 170 showcases.[5][4][1]

See also

References
  1. "موزه دوران اسلامی - تاریخ ما" (in Persian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. "معرفی موزه دوران اسلامی – موزه ملی ایران" (in Persian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. "موزه دوران اسلامی - فدک" (in Persian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. "موزه دوران اسلامی: دیدنی های تهران - علاءالدین" (in Persian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  5. "موزه دوران اسلامی - لحظه آخر" (in Persian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. "بازگشایی موزه دوران اسلامی و افتتاح موزه پیش از تاریخ/ جهانگیری: اشیاء داخل موزه،‌ مُرده نیستند - خبر آنلاین" (in Persian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  7. "بازگشایی موزه دوران اسلامی و گنجینه دوم موزه ایران باستان - هنر آنلاین" (in Persian). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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