Abgineh Museum of Tehran, Art museum in District 12, Tehran, Iran.
The Abgineh Museum is an art museum in District 12 of Tehran, housed in a brick building designed in the Qajar style and dedicated to glass and ceramic objects. Its two floors display pieces arranged in chronological order, from prehistoric times to the modern era, set within rooms lined with decorative plasterwork.
The building was constructed in 1915 as a private residence for the Iranian statesman Ahmad Qavam, and it changed use several times over the following decades. After the Islamic Revolution, it was converted into a museum in 1980.
The museum holds glass and ceramic objects from across Iranian history, ranging from plain everyday vessels to finely decorated pieces. Visitors can follow how shapes, glazes and surface patterns shifted from one period to the next.
The museum sits close to Si-e Tir Square in central Tehran and is easy to reach on foot from that point. Both floors are open to visitors, so comfortable shoes help, and weekday visits tend to be quieter than weekends.
Among the oldest objects on display are glass tubes from Choqa Zanbil, an Elamite city dating to around 1250 BC. These pieces are considered some of the earliest known glass objects from Iran.
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