Azerbaijan Museum
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Azerbaijan Museum is the major archaeological and historical museum in Tabriz
, in the northwest part of Iran
(East Azerbaijan province). It was established on April 1958. The museum consists of three major halls, a side yard, office rooms and a library. It mostly contains objects discovered from excavations in Iranian Azerbaijan also some artworks and sculptures of artists. Its library contains more than 2500 books both hand written and printed book about history, archaeology, art and Iranian culture. Apart from National Museum of Iran
in Tehran, Azerbaijan Museum has the largest collection belonging to different periods of Iran's history.
s, two skeletons (male and female) and a carved slab of marble known as Bism Allah
-Stone .
The second gallery consists of two parts: one for Islamic archeology and another part for coins and seals. Part one involves some potteries date back to 10th century until 19th. The coins of this gallery (part two), began with Achamenid dynasty coins and end in Qajar dynasty
. The displayed seals and stamps date back to Third millennium B.C to Islamic eras.
The third gallery in which some sculptors made by Ahad Hosseini are displayed, is on basement of museum. They are made of plaster and represent the sculptor's own image about the fate of mankind in 20th century.
In the yard of museum some stone figurines, statues, rams and inscriptions are kept.
and Tabriz Blue mosque
in central part of Tabriz
.
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
, in the northwest part of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
(East Azerbaijan province). It was established on April 1958. The museum consists of three major halls, a side yard, office rooms and a library. It mostly contains objects discovered from excavations in Iranian Azerbaijan also some artworks and sculptures of artists. Its library contains more than 2500 books both hand written and printed book about history, archaeology, art and Iranian culture. Apart from National Museum of Iran
National Museum of Iran
The National Museum of Iran is a museum in Tehran, Iran. It is the combination of two museums, the old Muze-ye Irân-e Bâstân , and the modernistic white travertine National Arts Museum , inaugurated in 1972...
in Tehran, Azerbaijan Museum has the largest collection belonging to different periods of Iran's history.
Galleries
The museum has three galleries.The first gallery,on ground floor,bears the oldest remains from 5th millennium B.C until Sassanian dynasty (212-656 A.D). Some of the museum monuments are goddesses, RhytonRhyton
A rhyton is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation. Rhytons were very common in ancient Persia, where they were called takuk...
s, two skeletons (male and female) and a carved slab of marble known as Bism Allah
Basmala
Basmala or Bismillah is an Arabic noun used as a collective name for the whole of the recurring Islamic phrase b-ismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi, It is sometimes translated as "In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful"...
-Stone .
The second gallery consists of two parts: one for Islamic archeology and another part for coins and seals. Part one involves some potteries date back to 10th century until 19th. The coins of this gallery (part two), began with Achamenid dynasty coins and end in Qajar dynasty
Qajar dynasty
The Qajar dynasty was an Iranian royal family of Turkic descent who ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925....
. The displayed seals and stamps date back to Third millennium B.C to Islamic eras.
The third gallery in which some sculptors made by Ahad Hosseini are displayed, is on basement of museum. They are made of plaster and represent the sculptor's own image about the fate of mankind in 20th century.
In the yard of museum some stone figurines, statues, rams and inscriptions are kept.
Location
Azerbaijan Museum is located next to Khaqani ParkKhaqani Park
Khaqani Park is a small park between Azerbaijan Museum and Blue mosque in Tabriz.- References :* * * http://www.tabrizcity.org...
and Tabriz Blue mosque
The Blue Mosque of Tabriz
The Blue Mosque is a famous historic mosque in Tabrīz, Iran. The mosque and some other public buildings were constructed in 1465 upon the order of Jahan Shah, the ruler of Kara Koyunlu....
in central part of Tabriz
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
.
See also
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