Museum of Anthropology Tehran

Museum of Anthropology is one of the museums in Tehran province. It was founded in 1935 and houses works created by people from different cities of Iran during the Qajar dynasty and afterwards.^[1]

In 1968, the Museum of Anthropology was transferred from its former place in Abyaz Palace to Golestan Palace. The museum has workshops for calligraphy, photography, sculpture, carpentry as well as a library with a reading room. There are also 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. This museum is located in Golestan Palace.^[2]

Abyaz Palace[edit]

Abyaz Palace is one of many located in the Golestan Palace complex (Tehran's Arg Square), which is open to the public as the Museum of Anthropology.^[3]

The name of the Palace comes from the white color of the building's facade, which was painted in 18th-century European style together with its white marble stairs. "Abyaz" means "white" in local language. Government meetings were held at Abyaz Palace from the time of its construction until 1953. In 1965, in the process of the coronation of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, changes were made to the western side and the lower floor. Since 1968 it has been used as the Museum of Anthropology.^[4]