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Museum of Anthropology Tehran

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Museum of Anthropology Tehran

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Museum of Anthropology (‌) is a museum in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 1935 and houses works created by people across Iran during the Qajar era and afterwards. In 1968, the Museum of Anthropology was transferred from its former place to the Abyaz Palace in Golestan Palace. The museum has workshops for calligraphy, photography, sculpture, carpentry as well as a library with a reading room. It also has a lecture hall and forty-seven booths for works assembled from all over Iran. Relics in the museum are classified and displayed in a thematic way.

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