Malek National Library and Museum
The Malek National Library and the Malek National Museum ( Persian کتابخانه و موزه ملی ملک Ketabchane o Muse ye Melli ye Malek , IPA : [ cɛtɑbxɑnɛ o muzɛ jɛ mɛlli je mælɛc ]) are located in the Iranian capital Tehran . The Malek National Library is considered to be one of the largest libraries in Iran. It contains valuable manuscripts .
history
Both the library and the museum were donated by Hossein Agha Malek in 1937 . Books and art objects were in his house until 1966. Then they were moved to a new building on Imam Khomeini Street next to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in downtown Tehran and their uses were expanded. Malek donated the facility to Astana Quds Rezavi . Malek, a notable turn of the century intellectual in Iran, was considered a major art collector . A new museum building was opened in 1997.
Collections
Malek National Library
The library with 19,000 rare and exquisite exhibits is one of the six great treasuries in the country. The five other libraries are the National Library , the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi , the Library, the Museum and Writings Center of Majles , Marashi Najafi Library and the Central Library of Tehran University .
The Malek National Library contains 70,000 printed books, 3,400 lithographically printed books and 548 magazine titles in 4,000 volumes. A large number of the printed books date from before 1941 and are among the first printed books in Iran.
Malek National Museum
The museum consists of seven collections:
- 3000 Iranian coins and medals from the sixth century BC Until the end of the Pahlavi era and also coins from Greece , from the Seleucid Empire , Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire and from the era of the Islamic caliphs .
- Paintings by Kamal-ol-Molk , Agha Lotfali Suratgar , Hadi Tajvidi , and some European painters.
- Lacquer works , consisting of 85 pen boxes and mirror frames, most of which are more than 300 years old.
- Postage stamps , from the first published postage stamps in Iran and in the world to the present day.
- Carpets , consisting of 34 carpets from the different regions of Iran, woven by the outstanding carpet weavers over the past two centuries.
- Collection of Ezzatmolk Malek, the daughter of Hossein Agha Malek with a pen and varnish, donated in 2006 by Ezzatmolk Malek.
- Calligraphy works by the important calligraphers of Iran and the Islamic countries, such as Yaghut Mostassami , Alireza Abbassi , Mir Emad Ghazvini , Ahmad Neyrizi , Darvish Abdolmajid Taleghani and Mirza Gholamreza Esfahani .
Board
The board members of the library and the museum are:
- Mohammad Sadegh Kharrazi ( Chairman of the Board )
- Mostafa Vaez Tabassi (Deputy Chairman of the Board)
- Mohammad Hadi Zahedi ( board member )
- Amir Khorakian (board member)
- Mohammad Mojtaba Hoseini (board member and managing director)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://hazine.info/maleklibrary/
- ↑ http://malekmuseum.org/page/5/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87
Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′ 13 ″ N , 51 ° 24 ′ 55 ″ E