Time Museum (Tamashagah-e Zaman)

🕰️When was it built?

The house goes back to the Qajar period and was first a single-storey mud-brick building. Hossein Khodadad bought it in 1963, strengthened it and added a floor. The stucco work took more than ten years and was finished in 1977.

🏛️What was it built for?

The building was first a home and later became a museum of timekeeping instruments. Outside, old ways of measuring time are explained, and inside the mansion all kinds of clocks and documents about calendars are kept.

👀What you will see

• The stucco inside and outside the house is the work of a team of master craftsmen, alongside wood carving, geometric lattice work and mirror work.
• In the grounds, sundials, sand clocks and water clocks show the old ways of keeping time.
• Inside the two-storey building are mechanical wall, table and pendulum clocks from recent centuries.
• Pocket watches, wristwatches and special pieces such as a time clock for punching cards are part of the second-floor collection.
• Documents on the Jalali calendar and Iranian calendars sit beside the timepieces and tell the story of counting days and years.

💡Something interesting

Khodadad did not stop at decorating a few rooms with stucco; a team of about forty artists worked on the house. The result is a home that is worth a stop for its craftsmanship even if you never look at a single clock.

Good to know before you go