Yazd Mirror and Lighting Museum

Yazd Mirror and Lighting Museum is the only museum related to light in Iran that displays all kinds of mirrors and lighting equipment.

Yazd Mirror and Lighting Museum
Introduction:
The Mirror and Lighting Museum, also known as the Mirror Palace among the people of Yazd, is one of the most attractive museums in this historical city.
This museum is located on Kashani Street in Yazdi and in a garden of 8,000 square meters.
The architecture and interior decorations of the building, along with the attractive old objects, present you with a unique combination that is not without pleasure to see.
The Mirror and Lighting Museum is the only museum related to light in Iran.
This beautiful building was registered in the list of national monuments of Iran in 1378.
Museum building:
The Mirror Palace was actually a type of private guesthouse that was built in 1320 during the first Pahlavi era by a person named Sarafzadeh, one of the merchants and money changers of the city.
This building has been used as a museum since 1998.
This building has a large courtyard with a large pool in the middle.
The rooms of the building feature beautiful mirror work, stucco work, and paintings, and the rooms are connected by intricate corridors.
In fact, the architecture of the building is a combination of traditional and European architecture.
The latticed wooden windows with colored glass make the interior of the building look very eye-catching.
Yazd Mirror and Lighting Museum
Museum items:
In the Yazd Mirror and Lighting Museum, you can see all kinds of mirrors, all kinds of lamps, and all kinds of matches.
It can be said that the most attractive part of the museum is the lighting equipment section.
In this section, there are tallow, mounted, hanging, pedestal lamps, hand lamps, all kinds of candle-burning, oil-burning, gas-burning, and electric-burning lamps.
The oldest objects in the museum are tallow burners from the Sassanid era.
Other historical objects, including old manuscripts, books, coins, stamps, weapons, and bronze objects from Lorestan, are also visible in this collection.
The pond section of the museum, as the largest room, also has the most decorations in the building.
The reason for the room’s name is the beautiful stone pond located in the middle of the room.
The beautiful pictures on the walls and ceiling create a beautiful historical and artistic atmosphere.
This room is the venue for photography, calligraphy, and painting exhibitions.
A notable point of this museum is the use of Braille for relevant explanations, which makes it possible for the enlightened to visit.
In addition, if you are interested in visiting museums in this city while visiting Yazd, we suggest you visit the Yazd Water Museum.
Other information:
Address: Ayatollah Kashani Street, opposite Haftom Tir Park
Visit hours: 8 am to 8 pm
Ticket price: Iranian visitors 30,000 rials – Foreign visitors 200,000 rials

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