The Iranian National Museum of Medical Sciences History is the first medical museum established in Iran by a joint project between the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
In the spring of 1997, Dr. Maziar Ashrafian Bonab, an academic member of the Iranian national heritage Organization, was appointed as the head of a national project to establish and run the first medical museum in Iran. A beautiful historic building in Amir-Abad area of Tehran selected and offered by the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) for this project. After four years of extensive research in the field of medical history and field work, all relevant ancient and historic artefacts, manuiscripts, art works, etc. were identified and moved to the new museum.
Exhibition room of the Iranian National Museum of Medical Sciences History
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