Contemporary Arts Museum Isfahan

Contemporary Arts Museum
موزه هنرهای معاصر اصفهان
Location within Iran
General information
Type Museum
Architectural style Isfahani
Location Isfahan, Iran
Coordinates 32°39′29″N 51°40′27″E / 32.658076°N 51.674147°E / 32.658076; 51.674147
Owner Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization

The Contemporary Arts Museum Isfahan (aka the Museum of Contemporary Art[1]) is a contemporary art museum in Isfahan, Iran, located next to the Museum of Natural History.[2]

Building

The museum building dates from the Safavid era. Many changes were made to the building during the Qajar era. The building has been decorated by stuccoed forms, which are the principal architectural feature of the Qajar period. There are many patterns of flowers and vase, which are a distinctive feature of decoration in the Qajar period. This feature is one that distinguishes the Qajar age from the Safavid age, in which flowers were never in vases.[3]

Museum

The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 5 to 8 p.m. in the spring and summer. In the autumn and winter, it is open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.[3]

References

  1. "Museum of Contemporary Art". Esfahan, Iran. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 7 June 2014. External link in |work= (help)
  2. "Museum of Contemporary Art". Isfahan. Irhal. Retrieved 7 June 2014. External link in |work= (help)
  3. 1 2 Yaghoubi, Hosseyn (2004). Beheshti, Arash, ed. Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān (Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 137. ISBN 964-334-218-2.
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