Treasury of National Jewels

National history museum in Tehran, Iran

Treasury of National Jewels

Treasury of National Jewels in 1962 (white building)

Former name	Treasury of Royal Jewels
Established	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Location	Ferdowsi Street, Tehran, Iran
Coordinates	35°41′21.34″N 51°25′10.83″E / 35.6892611°N 51.4196750°E / 35.6892611; 51.4196750
Type	National history museum
Key holdings	Iranian National Jewels
Collections	Safavid Afsharid Zand Qajar Pahlavi
Owner	Central Bank of Iran Bank Melli Iran (1935–1960)
Public transit access	Saadi Ferdowsi

The Treasury of National Jewels (Persian: موزه جواهرات ملی) is a museum in Iran. It reopened to public in 1992 after years of being removed from view.

Affiliated with the Central Bank of Iran, it stores and exhibits the Iranian National Jewels as their legal custodian. In the 1930s, the collection grew so valuable that it was used as a reserve for the currency of Iran, and is today considered one of world's famous collections of diamond and other jewels. According to Financial Tribune, "putting a price on the collection would be possible".

Collection

Some of the items maintained in the museum include the following:

References

Jellicoe, Patricia (15 December 1993), CROWN JEWELS of Persia, vol. VI, Encyclopædia Iranica, pp. 426–430
Elaine Sciolino (8 May 1992), "Teheran Journal; With New Pride, Iran Dusts Off the Crown Jewels", The New York Times
Yeganeh, M. (15 December 1988), BĀNK-E MARKAZĪ-E ĪRĀN, vol. III, Encyclopædia Iranica, pp. 696–698
Burke, Andrew; Maxwell, Virginia; Shearer, Iain (2017), "The Peacock Throne and other Baubles", Lonely Planet Iran, Lonely Planet, ISBN 978-1786575364
Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai (2013), "Iran Crown Jewels", Dictionary of Gems and Gemology, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 254, ISBN 978-3662042885
"Bank-Run Museums to Visit in Tehran", Financial Tribune, 2 June 2018

External links

Official website

v t e Central Bank of Iran
History	Imperial Bank of Persia (1889–1929) Bank Melli Iran (1929–1960) Asian Clearing Union (1974) Bank Markazi v. Peterson (2016) Certain Iranian Assets (2016)
Governors	Kashani (1960–61) Pourhomayoun (1961–64) Samii (1964–69) Farmanfarmaian (1969–70) Samii (1970–71) Jahanshahi (1971–73) Yeganeh (1973–75) Mehran (1975–78) Khoshkish (1978–79) Molavi (1979) Nobari (1979–81) Nourbakhsh (1981–86) Ghassemi (1986–89) Adeli (1989–94) Nourbakhsh (1994–03) Sheibani (2003–07) Mazaheri (2007–08) Bahmani (2008–13) Seif (2013–18) Hemmati (2018–21) Komijani (2021) Salehabadi (2021–22) Farzin (2022– )
Subsidiaries	Iran Banking Institute Monetary and Banking Research Institute Security Printing and Minting Organization Security Paper Mill Treasury of National Jewels

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