Book and Documentary Heritage Museum of Iran
The Book and Documentary Heritage Museum of Iran, an artistic historical museum based on the display of paper works and is one of the sections of the National Library and Archives of Iran. In this museum, a selection of valuable historical works including books and non-books materials, documents, manuscripts, calligraphic tableaux and painting, periodicals, rare and exquisite printed books and works related to some celebrities are exhibited. History. Located on Haqqani Highway in Tehran, the museum was inaugurated in February 2016 Earlier, the precious works of the National Library and Archives were  exhibited independently in various halls. When Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri was in charge of the library, a decision was made to change the use of one of the repositories to focus on the display of works and the official opening of a museum for the National Library and Archives of Iran. The purpose of its foundation was to promote the culture of society and spread of Iranian-Islamic culture. Sections. Book and Documentary Heritage Museum of Iran includes two main sections: Bust of Hakim Abul-qasem Ferdowsi Tusi. The Book and Documentary Heritage Museum of the National Library and Archives  of Iran holds a Bust of Abul-qasem Ferdowsi which was registered under number 1448 in Iran National Heritage List on February 25, 2020 by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism. This valuable piece of work was created in solar year 1313 (1934) by Abolhassan Sadighi and then installed in the foyer of the old and historic building of the National Library of Iran located on 30 Tir Street. But following the transfer of the National Library of Iran to a new building the bust is currently being held and is on display at the Book and Documentary  Heritage Museum in the new address of the National Library. The dimension of this bust is 50 * 26 with a height of 70 cm and its main material is made of gypsum. At the bottom there is the master's signature and the manufacture date. Memorial of Professors. In addition to works of art, this museum preserves and displays the relics of such masters as Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, Iraj Afshar, Mohaddes Armavi, Mahmoud Hesabi, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad and others. Among them, we can mention the relics and office of Puri Soltani, which was unveiled in this museum in November  2018 in honoring the efforts of this lady. Nowruz Stamp. At the end of the solar year 1397 (2019), a mutual collaboration started between Book and Documentary Heritage Museum and the Museum of Posts and Communications. The result was the Design of Nowruz 2019 Stamp, using a drawing of one of the manuscripts of Hafez Shirazi Divan, dated 878 AH,and belonging to the National Library of Iran. This beautiful miniature which shows celebration of happiness and man’s love for Mother Nature specially in spring complies with this beautiful sonnet by Hafiz: "Happy came the rose ; and more happy  than that aught ...". The stamp, dated March 13, 2019, in the number of seventy thousand rounds, is one of the most beautiful Iranian stamps published as the 55th stamp marking the global celebration of Nowruz. Exhibitions. In this museum, a number of cultural events have taken place: The oldest manuscript of the National Library and Archives of Iran is a collection of treatises dated 420 AH written in ancient manuscript on Baghdadi creamy paper. This work includes treatises such as: The Amazing Rulings and Judgments of Amir al-Moemenin, the first Shia Imam and Commander of the Faithful; Javidan Kherad  (Book of Eternal Wisdom) by Abu Ali al-Muskawiyyah on Practical Wisdom and Advice; Al-Adab al-Saghir by Ibn al-Muqaffa on ethics; Kitman Al-Ser va Hefz Al-Lesan (Keep a secret and keep your mouth) by Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī commonly known as al-Jāḥiẓ on ethics; and Zikr Al-Khalaefva Onwan Al-Maaref by Sahib ibn Abbad on the life story of the Prophet of Islam and the Rashedin Caliphs. Oldest works in the museum. What we know today from the history of this manuscript is based on the notes it  contains: Abu al-Najib Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim Karkhi has transcribed the manuscript in 528 AH with his handwriting appearing at the end. Then it was held by Allameh Amin for many years and Sheikh Agha Bozorg Tehrani had seen the work in Damascus at his place and mentioned it in the book Al-Dhari'a ila tasanif al-Shi'a. The oldest historical document of the National Library and Archives of Iran is a decree of Sultan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan Ilkhani. The text of the document is written in the usual Taliq script used for  the court documents of the Ilkhanid period and in the end a decree of Sultan Abu Saeed appears. This decree was issued in the Kouhak region of Fars in the first quarter of 726 AH. The names of the Emirs of Al-Tamgha, as well as the names of the person and the village belonging to him, have disappeared. But the information extracted from the context emphasize on a village in Fars being out of the government property of Injuids (The House of Inju) and its belonging to a person who is exempted from various taxes. This document has two  red stamps, one black stamp on the front and six stamps on the back, which belonged to the bureaucrats. The text of the seals is written in Uyghur and Arabic scripts. The Arabic part of the seals mainly contains the main slogans of the Muslims. Top historic and artistic works. Some exquisite works displayed in this museum are as follows: