Moghadam House and Museum
Moghadam House or Moghadam Museum House of the University of Tehran is a historical mansion related to the late Qajar period in Tehran, which was the residence of the Ehtesaba-al-Molk and Moghaddam families and is now a museum of historical objects. This museum house was originally a large and luxurious mansion and the residence of the family of Mohammad Taghi Khan Ehtesab al-Molk,one of the famous officials of the Qajar court and the head of the time accounting office (municipality) of Tehran and the sovereign minister of Iran in Bern, Switzerland. It was later owned by his son Mohsen Moghadam, a professor of archeology at the University of Tehran. He and his wife, Selma Kouyoumjian, lived in their father's house in Tehran. Mohsen Moghadam and Selma, who was born in Bulgaria and is the director of the Library of the National Museum of Iran, in addition to scientific activities, collected many works and objects with the aim of preserving the cultural and historical heritage of Iran.Mohsen Moghadam has installed many valuable collected works such as tiles, carved stone pieces, etc., inspired by the traditional-historical spaces, in a significant way in this old building. He has also gathered some other pieces such as the collection of fabric, Chibouk, smoke pot, hookah, pottery. He has kept glass works, paintings, mosaics, coins, historical documents, etc. in a special order in his parental house.
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Emam Khomeini Street, Tehran District 12
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Emam Khomeini Street
11448-13731 Tehran, District 12
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