Following the signature of a scientific and cultural protocol between Italy and the Islamic Republic of Iran, and in response to the proposal put forward by the Institute of Eastern Studies of the University of Naplyes and Isiyao institute, and the cooperation of Iranian Cultural Heritage organization, a photo exhibition will be put up in March 2000 for a period of one month in Rome and another month in one of the Museums of the city of Naples, Italy. This exhibition having the name “Iran’s National Museum in pictures” comprises photos taken from historical objects and findings in Iran’s National Museum. A vast range of archaeologists and museum directors have been invited from all over the world to visit the exhibition. In the first two days of the opening, a seminar will be held to introduce the objects represented in the exhibition, in which three Iranian and three Italian archaeologists will have lectures.
The photos for this exhibition were taken by Houman Sadr. In preparing this visual archive, various consideration were taken into account such as the historical value of the objects, the uniqueness of them, their significance from the international archaeological point of view, their artistic values and also their aesthetic aspects. In choosing the objects, their not being yet exposed to the public was also an important factor.
This collection includes 100 pictures selected from 900 photos, with the help of experts and archaeologists of the Iranian Cultural Heritage organization. In this choice the visual, artistic and decumentury quality of the pictures were considered. In several cases, pictures of the region in which the objects were found, were also included so that visitors could gair deeper relation with the Iranian Culture.
