Museum of the Islamic Era

Museum of the Islamic Era
موزه دوران اسلامی
Entrance of the Museum of the Islamic Era
Location of the museum in the city Tehran
Established1972; 51 years
LocationNational Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran
Coordinates35°41′13″N 51°24′55″E / 35.687069°N 51.415413°E / 35.687069; 51.415413
TypeNational history museum
Collections
Public transit accessImam Khomeini station, Line 1, Tehran Metro

The Museum of the Islamic Era (Persian: موزه دوران اسلامی) is one of the museums of the National Museum of Iran, located near Imam Khomeini Square, Tehran, Iran. Most of the objects in this museum are selected from the works of scientific excavations or prestigious collections such as Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble. The National Museum of Iran has two main sections: Museum of Ancient Iran and Museum of the Islamic Era; The Museum of the Islamic Era is dedicated to displaying historical monuments and objects of Islamic Iran.

In the Museum of the Islamic Era, a large section is dedicated to the Qurans and manuscripts, in which gold-plated Qurans with Kufic scripts of early Islam can be seen. In another part, there are inscriptions of manuscripts or Quran and hadiths in the form of Epigraphy or Mihrab.