The world ethnology
Museum of Omidvar Brothers, occupies an imposing position at the old entrance gate to the Green Palace of “Pahlavi“Period.
This beautiful Architecture was built in the middle of 18th century and after the renovation it was inaugurated to the visitors in 2002.
In 1954, Issa and Abdullah Omidvar, tow enthusiastic and daring Iranian brothers, decided to go beyond their country’s boundaries and discover the world.
Their eagerness for reaching faraway lands took them into an incomparable adventure that kept them traveling across the most recondite territories on earth for ten years.
In those days, in which there were no travel facilities to speak of, they started their adventures on tow motorcycle from
Tehran to Mashad, continuing then on route of the orient.
The fruits of their exploration are, among others, great photographic and documentary films, hunting equipment and household utensils from diverse primitive tribes.
With such a treasure, unique in its kind, this museum illustrates the wealth, complexity and diversity of human culture and in many cases, of human organization
...see more that succumbed, victims of the world’s explosive development.
References:
http://www.omidvar-brothers.com
http://www.omidvar-brothers.com/En/Biography.aspx
http://www.omidvar-brothers.com/En/DefaultE.aspx
