Chabahar Local Museum

Chabahar Local Museum, which dates back to the Qajar era, displays artifacts and objects left over from the history of this city and region.

Date of establishment: 2010

Chabahar Local Museum
Introduction:
If you go to Darya Street in Chabahar city, you will see the old governor’s building, which is now the Chabahar Local Museum.
This building dates back to the late Qajar era.
This building was a British government building during the Qajar era, then it was changed to the Chabahar Governorate and thirty years later it became the Chabahar Local Museum.
There is a platform one and a half meters high and about six hundred and fifty meters wide in the area on which this two-story building is built.
As mentioned, this building is two-story and part of it has iron columns and a wooden roof.
The Chabahar Local Museum has 3 entrances, several rooms, and …
Chabahar Local Museum
Museum sections:
Now let’s examine the different sections of the museum:

Ground floor:
This floor is divided into three sections: prehistoric, historical, and contemporary.
In the prehistoric section, artifacts discovered in Chabahar and the province, including painted pottery, cups, handled jars, and prehistoric… are on display for public viewing.
The historical section includes metal utensils from the late Islamic period, coins from the Sassanid period, and clay roof coverings.
In the contemporary section, the door of the old governor’s building, earrings, hairpins, animal statues, and… can be viewed.
In addition, paintings related to marine plants, birds, turtles, and whales of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of ​​Oman are placed in the ground floor hall for visitors to use.

First floor:
This section includes the anthropology section and library.
The anthropology section beautifully depicts the local clothing and handicrafts of the warm-hearted people of Sistan and Baluchestan.
In the anthropology section, there are models of Baloch men and women (Balochi wedding ceremony), farmers, fishermen, needlewomen, blacksmiths, and Baloch women baking bread.
Also, coins, tablecloths, date-collecting baskets, etc., which represent a corner of the culture of the people of this region of Iran, are on display.

Other information:
Address: Chabahar – Darya Street – Governor’s Building
Visit hours: First half of the year 12-8 and 20-16, second half of the year 12-8 and 15-19 (except Fridays)
Telephone: 0545-3335051

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