Art & Culture
Museums
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Malik Museum
Malik Library-Museum is a significant treasury of the lasting artistic and cultural history of Iran. Being established by...
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Mirror and Lighting Museum of Yazd
Being also known as Mirror Palace (Qasr-e Ayneh), the Mirror and Lighting Museum of Yazd is one of...
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Yasuj Ethnography Museum
The Ethnography Museum of Yasuj has been established for sixteen years and, with its collection of artifacts that...
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Muharram Museum
The Mourning of Muharram (also known as the Remembrance of Muharram or Muharram Observances) celebrated so passionately and...
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Post and Communications Museum (Tehran)
Post and Communications Museum in Tehran is in fact the previous building of the post of Iran which was located in the National Garden. It was established in 1307 S.H.
Handicrafts
The Fame & Myth
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Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (Alborz)
Jalāl Āl-e-Alddin Sadat Al-e-Ahmad, known as Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, son of Sayyid Ahamad Hoseini Taleghani, was born on Azar...
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Behjat Sadr (Markazi)
Behjat Sadr, a modernist painter of Iran, was born in Khordad 1303 SH in Arak. Her family moved...
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Khwārizmī (Khorasan)
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, the famous mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and historian, was born in 185 AH. There is...
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Parvin Dowlatabadi (Isfahan)
Parvin Dowlatabadi, the humanist poet and known as the poet of children, came to the world in 1303...
Dance & Local Games
Persian Foods
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Ghonbid Abgoosht - an Iranian stew
One of the local cuisines in Qom province is Qonbid or Qonbit Abgoosht coming from Qomnabit which means Nabat (rock candy) produced in the city of Qom.
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Dishliq Āš (Dndoonak)
This Āš (an Iranian soup-like food which is sometimes transliterated as Aush or Āsh or Aush) is one of the traditional cuisines in Zanjan province which has been cooking in its most cities and surrounding villages since the past.
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Tarkhineh
As winter begins and intense cold sweeps through the mountainous regions of the country, cooking and preparing various warm and high-energy foods becomes more and more popular. Naturally, preventing colds is a top priority for people during this season...
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Zanjan\'s Raisin Cookie
Raisin cookie is considered one of the traditional and ancient pastries in Zanjan province. This pastry is among the very popular and delicious cookies. The primary ingredients for making raisin sweet pastry are flour, butter, egg, powdered sugar, raisins, and vanilla.