The Time Museum (Persian: تماشاگه زمان) or the Hossein Khodadad House (Persian: خانه حسین خداداد) is a museum in Tehran, Iran.[1][2] The museum specializes in clocks and other time-measuring devices.

Time Museum
تماشاگه زمان
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Former namesHouse of Hossein Khodadad
Alternative namesClock Museum
General information
StatusOpen
AddressZafaraniyeh
Town or cityTehran
CountryIran

History

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The five hectares large garden that surrounds the building possibly existed and had structures in it as far back as the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar or Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.[3] It was purchased by Hossein Khodadad, an Iranian industrialist, in 1963–64, and underwent major restructuring and repair.

Khodadad lived in the house merely for a year, as the building was later confiscated by the government after the Iranian revolution, and is being used as a time museum since 1999–2000, containing around a thousand old clocks.[1][4][5][6]

It was listed among the national heritage sites of Iran with the number 10868 on 22 January 2004.[7][2]

Collection

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The Time Museum contains a large number of clocks and watches. Other types of measuring devices in its collection include water clocks, hourglasses, sundials, and a variety of clocks that measured time by the progressive burning of an object such as a candle or rope.[1] The museum also holds individual clocks and watches that were owned by notable historical figures.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ready for a time travel? Just cross the threshold of Zaman Museum in Tehran". Tehran Times. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b تهران, آژانس عکس. "نمایش آلبوم". آژانس عکس تهران (in Persian). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Time Museum Has An Old Beautiful Building in Tehran, Iran – Tourism news". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ "میراث فرهنگی برای مرمت اینجا کمکی نکرد". ایسنا (in Persian). 1 November 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "بازدید از موزه تماشاگه زمان و تاریخچه آن". ایسنا (in Persian). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "مدير تماشاگه زمان در گفت و گو با ايسنا: وضعيت موزه‌ها در بخش‌هاي مختلف فرهنگي از همه نامطلوب‌تر است". ایسنا (in Persian). 16 March 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ ""دانشنامهٔ تاریخ معماری و شهرسازی ایران‌شهر". وزارت راه و شهرسازی. بایگانی‌شده از روی نسخه اصلی در ۶ اکتبر ۲۰۱۹. دریافت‌شده در ۱۰ اکتبر ۲۰۱۹". 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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