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8-Hour Time Museum Tour in Tehran with Historic Timepieces

8 Hours Round trip from Tehran Easy pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Explore the Time Museum, one of Tehran's early museums dedicated to timekeeping
02 See a fabulous collection of clocks, watches, sundials, water clocks, and hourglasses
03 Visit a century-old mansion set within a 5-hectare garden
04 Discover ancient Iranian calendar documents and mechanical watches from the pre-Islamic era

Explore the Time Museum in Tehran, home to a fascinating collection of clocks and watches displayed in a century-old mansion set within a 5-hectare garden. Discover a wide variety of timepieces, from bedside clocks, pocket watches, and wristwatches to sundials, water clocks, hourglasses, and fuel-based devices. The museum also showcases ancient documents of the Iranian calendar and mechanical watches from the ancient and pre-Islamic era, offering a distinctive look at how time was measured in the past.

Explore the Time Museum in Tehran, home to a fascinating collection of clocks and watches displayed in a century-old mansion set within a 5-hectare garden.

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What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Tehran

Languages English

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The itinerary

Day 01

Visit the Time Museum in Tehran

Pick up from the hotel. Proceed to see the Time Museum. Founded in 1999, this museum is the first time museum in Iran and is housed in a century-old mansion within a 5-hectare garden. Here, you can see a large number of bedside clocks, pocket watches, wristwatches, sundials, water clocks, hourglasses, sand- and fuel-based timepieces, as well as ancient documents of the Iranian calendar and mechanical watches from the ancient and pre-Islamic era.