Английская Википедия: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 in April 1958.[1] 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 handwritten and printed, about history, archaeology, art and Iranian culture.[2]
The Azerbaijan museum is the first and oldest museum in the northwestern part of the country, and the exhibits that you can find inside of it include objects from different archaeological sites throughout the country and cover the full chronological span of its history, making the museum one of the most important in Iran and a truly national one. [3]
Galleries
The museum has three galleries. The first gallery bears the oldest remains from 5th millennium BC until Sassanian dynasty (212-656 AD). The second gallery consists of two parts: one for Islamic archeology and another part for coins and seals. The third gallery includes some sculptures made by Ahad Hosseini.
Theft
On May 7, 2013, five silver plates belonging to the Sasanid time were stolen from Azerbaijan museum.[4] In November 2013, Iranian police arrested the thieves but they couldn't retrieve the stolen items.[5]
Location
Azerbaijan Museum is located in central part of Tabriz.
Photo gallery
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Entrance Iwan of the Museum.
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Entrance of Museum in Summer.
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1st floor of the museum.
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Stucco, Parthian dynasty, Zahhak castle, Hashtrud.
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Iron Age's remains
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Rock weight, Jiroft, 3rd millennium BC.
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Rock weight, Jiroft, 3rd millennium BC.
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Pottery, Esmail Abad 5th millennium BC.
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Jewelry belongs to 1st millennium BC.
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Jewelry belongs to 1st millennium BC.
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Jewel box, qajar era (19th century).
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Safavid era chinaware (16th-18th centuries).
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Ceramic, Gorgan 13th century.
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Qajar era jewel (19th century).
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Sassanid era silver plate with golden cover.
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Sassanid Glass.
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Main hall in ground floor.
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Hall of Coins.
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A royal seal with Pahlavic inscriptions, Hall of Coins.
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Sasanid era seal, Hall of coins.
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Three ton Bism Allah-Stone, an Egyptian 19th century calligraphy.
See also
- Iron Age museum
- Amir Nezam House
- Constitutional House of Tabriz
- Museum of Ostad Bohtouni
- Pottery museum
- National Museum of Iran
- Safir Office Machines Museum
References
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