Moghaddam House and Museum

Moghaddam House or Moghaddam Museum House of the University of Tehran is a Qajar era mansion in Tehran which is now a museum of historic objects. Originally a large and luxurious mansion, it was the residence of the family of Mohammad Taghi Khan Ehtesab al-Molk, a famous official 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 Moghaddam, a professor of archeology at the University of Tehran. He and his wife, Selma Kuyumjian, lived in their father's house in Tehran. Mohsen Moghaddam 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 Moghaddam 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 He has kept glass works, paintings, mosaics, coins, historical documents, etc.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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