Cultural Tourism

The herbarium of Iranian plants (TARI) is gradually being built up and now consists of some 160000 numbers. Also there are gardens of non-Iranian plants, including as Himalayan, American, Japanese, African, and Australian species.

This museum includes some exhibitions of historical monuments and ancient Islamic Iranian architecture as well as souvenir shops selling handicrafts and art works.

The models of inscriptions of the garden were created by the Shahriar Tandis and Peykare International Company (STPIC).

Negarestan Garden in the age of Qajar Dynasty had been turned into a school for fine industries and was effective in revival and promulgation of arts such as painting, sculpturing, etc.

At the uphill end of the complex, the classical-looking Green Palace was built at the end of the Qajar era and extensively remodelled by the Pahlavis.

White Place as a locale dedicated to administrative affairs and formal receptions, served as the summer residence of the Shah and his consort, Farah.

Sahebqaranieh is most interesting for the insight it affords into the Shah's daily life. Rooms include a basement tea house, private dental surgery and a bar decorated with Shirazi painted beams.

Construction of general post office building, which is a two-floor building with a basement floor, follows a composite German and Persian architecture.

The museum of wildlife and nature was established by Tehran City Hall in 1988 in order to familiarize people with the cultural and natural legacy and help them realize the importance of protecting the environment and animals.

There is nothing subtle about the Iran Ebrat Museum, a one-time prison of the shah`s brutal secret police that now exhibits that brutality with an equal measure of prorevolution propaganda.

Housed in a Qajar-era mansion that includes Iran`s first cinema, the film museum has well-displayed and explained exhibits of equipment, photos and posters from Iran`s century-old movie industry.

The project for the construction of a museum in the house of Martyr Beheshti which was launched in the year 1391 has been completed and the museum was opened on the martyrdom anniversary of Beheshti.

Khanat Caravansary in Amin-ol-Sultan square embodies the historical heart of Tehran.

Ghoorkhaneh gate (Sar Dar-e Ghoorkhaneh) is located near Imam Khomeini Sq, Tehran.

Darolfonoon High School, established in 1851, was the first modern university and modern institution of higher learning in Persia (Iran).

Sardar-e Bagh-e Melli a combination of old Iranian architecture and is a symbol of contemporary Tehran.

Time Museum presents an interesting and absorbing collection of timekeepers.

Shams-ol-Emareh Palace is located in the eastern section of Golestan palace and belongs to the era of Naser al-Din Shah.

On the western side of Laleh park, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is in a striking concrete modernist building constructed during the shah`s rush to build modern landmarks in the 1970s.

Qasr Garden Museum is a public museum located in police square. This beautiful garden decorated with modern and thought provoking artworks.