0156 GMT June 30, 2022
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Some of the best spots for those interested in Iranian culture and art are the lavish museums of the country! Featuring ancient history, rich culture, and elaborate arts, the museums are the unmissable treasures of the antique country.
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Museums across the UK are revisiting their COVID policies in response to new measures introduced by the UK government to combat the spread of the Omicron variant.
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The oldest but incomplete version of Shahnameh (a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi), dating back to 614 AH (after hijra), is kept at Florence Library in Italy and the oldest complete version which goes back to 675 AH is preserved at London Museum in Britain, said Abolfazl Khatibi, a distinguished Shahnameh researcher.
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What are the best museums of Iran that you shouldn't miss visiting? The list below is prepared by packtoiran.com to introduce the top 10 museums which will leave you speechless.
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By Monique Keiran*
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US museums hit hard by the pandemic are selling paintings to bridge revenue gaps, with some going further and using the funds to diversify collections, but critics say the sales betray the institutions’ mission of preserving artwork for the public.
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Arts & Culture Desk
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Museums and galleries are “fighting for survival” amid the current lockdown, a UK national charity warned.
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By Nina Siegal*
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Thousands of pieces of art deemed looted by Dutch colonialists could be returned to their country of origin after the Netherlands’ most famous museums backed a report proposing a wholesale “recognition and rectification of these injustices”.
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Although integral to the economy, represented on the Supreme Court and a vibrant force in American culture, the nearly 60 million-strong Latino population in the US is often overlooked in the narrative presented in the nation’s museums, many argue.
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Arts & Culture Desk
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Virtual field trips, a dynamic stylus and the digitization of a vast aviation archive are three of the ideas British museums have come up with as a way to future-proof their offering in the face of damaging COVID-19 restrictions.
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Museums seem like immortal places, with their august countenances and treasured holdings. Even in our TikTok era of diminishing attention spans, they draw more than 850 million visitors a year in the US, according to the American Alliance of Museums.
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