Azerbaijan Museum

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The Azerbaijan Museum or Tabriz Museum is one of the most important archeology and anthropology museums of Iran . It is close to Chaqani Park and the Blue Mosque in Tabriz .

The museum houses excavated objects from the area of Iranian Azerbaijan dating back to the 5th century BC. Chr. Range. Coin finds from different epochs up to the 3rd century BC Chr. Can also be seen. The area of ​​the Islamic section shows objects from the 10th to the 17th century. The exhibition also includes items related to the Constitutional Revolution .

Ten exhibition windows show anthropologically significant pieces from different regions of Iran, including local costumes . Some valuable objects from Europe such as bronze statues and paintings are also on display.

Web links

Commons : Azerbaijan Museum, Tabriz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. see article Caroun