Tehran Times - A major museum, specialized for meteorites, is scheduled to be opened to the public on July 2 at Tehrans Azadi Tower (Borj-e Azadi). A gathering of geoscientists, academia and cultural officials will attend the opening ceremony, which according to organizers, would be the first and the largest meteorite museum in the country, IRNA ...

Financial Tribune- Museums and cultural centers under the auspices of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will be open during the Iranian New Year holidays from March 21 to April 2. According to Mohammadreza Kargar, ICHHTO's director for museum affairs, museums and cultural complexes will be open until 3:00 p.m. on March ...

Irans Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) has finally extended the working hours of museums it operates, Mehr News Agency reported. Following heavy criticism directed at their short opening hours, ICHHTO-operated museums are now open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, including weekends. Furthermore, the museums will ...

During the past Iranian year (ended March 20, 2015), public museums earned 400 billion rials ($12.1 million), ISNA reported, quoting the director of museum affairs at Irans Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO), Mohammad Reza Kargar, as saying. Contingent on effective implementation of changes, experts predict a whopping ...