Astaneh Moqadasseh Museum in Qom owning a fantastic collection of items is a valuable historical asset from the second to the contemporary period and is among the oldest and most diverse Iranian museums. It is located on Astaneh Square near Faizia School next to the courtyard of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine. The current building of the museum belongs to 1361, but the museum itself was established in 1314. The museum offers treasures of great historical values, especially Safavid, Qajar, Timurid, and the first and second millennium BC. The Astaneh Moqadasseh Museum in Qom consists of two large halls with beautiful tile works. The works are very exquisite and valuable. The collection of works of the museum consists of various sections, the most important of which are: the section of the Quranic verses from the second to the contemporary era. A Quran linked to Imam Reza written on deer skin, with a leather case and decorations of gold cover is the most important one. On another section, carpets and rugs, as well as paintings and miniatures of the Qajar and Safavid periods, goldsmith shrines with designs, motifs and crafts of the sixth to the eighth century AH, wooden artworks, glassware and pottery dating back to the first and second millennium BC are displayed. The other parts of the museum depict collections of metal jewelry decorations, golden plaques with designs and beautiful inscriptions dating back to the sixth to the eighth centuries. The oldest figures of Astaneh Moqadasseh Museum in Qom are a potteries related to the ancient silk district of Kashan and some of the ancient region of Qom, belonging to the first and second millennium BC. Join Alaedin Travel and take a tour to Iran to visit this site.
