What do you know about the most unique museum dedicated to the country?

Its name and place are familiar to the people of Hamedan, here it takes one to distant days, childhood days. When we used to come with the elders to a place that was not like today. The building was smaller and older. The intimacy of the elders was also the spice of the beautiful days when we spent hours together in this spiritual atmosphere. Many years have passed since those days and I am spinning in space. Everything has changed. The new building has replaced the old building for several years, and its larger size is always visible.

Here is the holy shrine of Imamzadeh Abdullah (AS) in a square of the same name in the city of Hamadan. The description of the Imamzadegan Armideh in this place, the background of the old building and the features of the current building require other opportunities, but here we are talking about the lower floor of this spiritual threshold. Many people in this ancient city may not know that one of the largest museums in Iran is located on the ground floor of the Imamzadeh. This museum is one of the most unique endowment museums in the country and is known as the Hamedan Endowment Museum.

This vast museum has a lot to say and many attractions to see, but so far it has not been properly identified. Personal interest in historical monuments, various museums and acquaintance with the culture and art of the predecessors was the best excuse for me to listen to the young and tasteful manager of this specialized museum to hear the ups and downs of the path he has been walking for years.

Khosrow Mohammadi, who is also the founder of the Waqf Museum in Hamedan, told ISNA about the establishment of this cultural place: Hamedan is one of the cities where the main component of the current urban structure and culture is influenced by the waqf and this issue in urban architecture and The general culture of the society is quite evident.

Waqf Museum is a place to get to know the social culture of the people of Hamedan

He continues: If someone wants to study this effect and get to know about it, he needs precision and tools through which he can reach this knowledge, in other words, we must say that the collection of these tools has appeared in the museum and is endowed. Through the works in the museum, people gain sufficient knowledge about the social culture of the people of Hamedan and the mediation of the endowment to the culture between man and society, and objects play this role.

Mohammadi adds: “In order to achieve the impact of the endowment on the social culture of Hamedan, we started collecting, organizing and organizing the objects that are currently available in the endowment museum. In fact, these works are a small part of the totality of these objects and works.” Is. With this aim and in order to create a collection of works that can answer our questions about the impact of the endowment on the social culture of the people of Hamedan, I started collecting objects and this event was key about 10 years ago and continues to this day.

The head of the Waqf Museum in Hamedan, who is also an expert archaeologist, explains: We do not know how many works related to the waqf exist in Hamedan and where they are. I explained and convinced them, and in some cases I was disappointed many times, because no matter how hard I tried, the story did not have enough effect in their minds, but finally in 1997, the efforts were successful and I managed to institutionalize the idea of ​​dedicating it to the museum. we need.

Baha’i Manuscripts The beginning of the formation of the Waqf Museum

Expressing hope for the expansion of the museum, he says of the process of its formation: And my goal was the architecture of that collection, and I wanted to work on the architecture of the building, but gradually I became acquainted with the personal library of the Bahا’‌ Faith, and the manuscripts there caught my attention.

Mohammadi continues: For many years I tried to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Bahا’u’llکh endowment, the Bah شخص’u’ll شخصh’s person, and the works in that collection, and by studying the manuscripts, their importance became clearer to me. Eventually I came to the conclusion that the collection needs constant maintenance and display in order to be entrusted to future generations, because if the works are not preserved, they will be damaged in the best conditions and destroyed in the worst conditions.

He adds: “After getting acquainted with the Bahا’u’ll مجموعهh Collection and entering the Endowment Organization and taking on various responsibilities in this body, more objects were found and with the permission of the museum we collected them in one place and finally a treasure called the Waqf Museum was obtained.” Is known.

Rising community literacy is a reason to expand more specialized museums

He says: “We need more specialized museums to develop social culture and preserve the hidden heritage of the past, because after passing the stage of general recognition, which is done by public museums, due to rising literacy, society needs more specialized and smaller museums to Meet the needs of the people and let the people know what changes have taken place at each stage.

The head of the Hamedan Endowment Museum continues: One part of this issue is related to historical lines and the other part is related to issues such as the impact of endowment culture on people, the impact of climate on architecture, clothing and mood on the people of Hamedan and these are components that should be addressed in the future. Let’s pay them.

Mohammadi adds: The endowment museum tries to study the impact of the endowment on the people of Hamedan and the impact of the people of Hamedan on the endowment, and to classify, study and examine this cultural exchange and the actions that the people have taken spontaneously.

He adds: “The results of this research lead to our knowledge of urban, religious, religious identity and the theme of people’s thoughts and the extent of their belief in various issues and extract them and lend them to the next generation and with these details and links.” Together they achieve this, in addition to their publication must be produced and republished with various tools in the form of books, news and movies.