On the eve of World Museum Day, senior executives of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage displaced the two museums in Tehran for no documeary reasons. According to the decision of the Ministry of Heritage of the National Museum of the Quran, which has been active at the iersection of Valiasr and Imam Khomeini for many years, it is transferred to the Saadabad Palace complex due to security problems and parks. According to the decision, the Museum of Water in the Saadabad Palace, one of the old museums, will be closed to activate the National Museum of the Quran in its building.
Managers of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage claimed the problems of the National Museum of the Qur’an, while in the neighborhood of the Museum, the Marble Palace Collection is working as the Iranian Museum of Art and hosting the volume of high visitors.
The construction of the curre building of the National Museum of the Qur’an began with the use of a cultural ceer before the revolution, but remained for about five years uil it was completed in the solar year. In the mid -1980s, the building began with the use of the National Museum of the Qur’an and is now set to move io a non -transpare decision after five years and move a small building in the Saadabad Palace complex.
The National Museum of the Qur’an has a valuable treasure trove of Quranic manuscripts and artworks, and the curre building of the Museum of Water in the Saadabad Palace does not have the right facilities for displaying and preserving these works. On the other hand, some experts consider the transfer of this treasure to be a risky eve and believe that the Saadabad Museum Palace is not conceptually suitable for the National Museum of the Holy Quran. However, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage is ignora of experts’ concerns in preparing this transfer, and it is unclear what they have for the valuable building of the National Museum of the Qur’an, which has special conditions.
Widespread criticism of the Quran Museum
Numerous experts and experts have responded to this museum transfer in rece days, calling this decision a mistake in the manageme of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage; However, the Deputy Director of Cultural Heritage, who has relying on his chair since the Ministry of Dignity, coinues to be held accouable for the strange decisions of the deputy.
Ahmad Tabatabai, the head of the Iranian Ikum (National Committee of Museums), responded to the eve before World Museum Day, saying:
The National Museum of the Quran could survive as a specialized museum; That is, its audience could have been studes, studes of theology and Quranic sciences, Quranic scholars and artists in the field of Quranic arts and books. As a result, there was no need for the museum to be open daily to the public. Visits could be made at special times and with previous coordination and coinued its research and cultural activities on other days.
The head of the Iranian Ikum, referring to the unsuccessful experience of transferring the Miramad Museum to the Saadabad Palace, said:
I hope that the National Museum of the Qur’an does not suffer from the fate of the Mirmad Museum. If the museum remains in the same complex of the marble palace, it may be treated more appropriately.
Nasser Pazuki, an archaeologist and former director of the Tehran Province Cultural Heritage Bureau, who also participated in the launch of the National Museum of the Qur’an, told ISNA to criticize the decision:
This move both damages exquisite Qur’anic works and endangers the reputation of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. It is unclear who made this decision and where the works will be kept. Such actions, without public information, hurt people’s trust.
– Nasser Pazuki , Archaeologist and former director of Tehran Heritage
Alexander Mokhtari, a pioneer expert in the field of cultural heritage, also criticized the decision to ISNA:
The motivation and reason for this transfer is not clear either. Has this proposal been made by Saadabad Collection? Has the Museums Office made such a proposal, or has the process of visiting the Quran Museum made this decision? Specifically, which institution and on what necessity did he make such a proposal?
– Alexander Mokhtari , Pioneer
We are collecting the Quran Museum
Fakhr al -Din Saberi, director of the National Museum of the Quran, has now announced that it has been collecting objects from the National Museum of the Quran last week to move to the Saadabad Palace Collection. He also stated that the final destination of the Quran Museum is still unclear and may be transferred to another building in the Saadabad Palace after the Museum.
The director of the National Museum of the Qur’an again emphasized the lack of parks and the traffic area and has declared them the reason for the transfer. However, many of the importa museums in Tehran, including the National Museum of Iran, are similar.
Uncertaiy of an old museum and a valuable building
With the transfer of the National Museum of the Holy Quran to the Saadabad Palace, the water museum of this complex will be closed for more than five years and it is unclear whether it will coinue elsewhere. While the issue of water was a museum belonging to the Ministry of Energy, it was directly related to the complex due to the atmosphere of the Saadabad Palace. On the other hand, it is unclear what the Ministry of Cultural Heritage is planning for the curre building of the National Museum of the Holy Quran, which is a broad and valuable building. It is located in a specific area of Tehran and it is not possible to create other uses and it is possible to transfer it to other devices.
Although detailed has not yet been announced, the unrest in the transfer, the lack of clear status of the Qur’an’s National Museum and the possibility of re -transfer in the Saadabad complex, shows that the Ministry of Cultural Heritage has not made a clear and expert decision on the transfer, or by announcing information and escaping information, it seeks to conceal its ultimate goal.
