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National Jewels Treasury


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 10 attractions in Tehran
Traveler Description:
A 200-year-old precious stone-encrusted throne, jewels from all over the world, a gem-studded 1869 globe, the world’s largest pink diamond and other...... more » A 200-year-old precious stone-encrusted throne, jewels from all over the world, a gem-studded 1869 globe, the world’s largest pink diamond and other mind-boggling pieces make up the unusual collection at this historic museum. « less
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Attraction type: Specialty museum, History museum
Address: Ferdowsi Ave.
Central Bank Tehran
Iran
Tel: 98 21 64463785
Fax: 98 21 3112596

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5 of 5 stars
PersianLeo   9 contributions
Tehran, Iran
Sep 21, 2009

If you are travelling to Tehran and you don't not have too much time for sight-seeing, Museum of Crown jewels is the only place that you should not miss. Confronting so many well-decorated jewleries and crowns will extremely surprise you! this museum stnds as high as the tower of London and Topkapi palace in Istanbul. more

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5 of 5 stars
tBugger   12 contributions
Dubai, UAE
Jul 23, 2009

Located on Firdousi street, a 15 minute walk from Imam Khomeini Metro Station, the Jewels Treasury is housed in a dimly lit basement of a bank building (not really sure if it belongs to the Iranian Central Bank or Bank Melli Iran, as the entrance Gate is between the 2 bank buildings. It's open for viewing only from 2 pm... more

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5 of 5 stars
TheOtherFoodie   8 contributions
London
Nov 25, 2008
1
person found this review helpful

As the previous reviewer states, everything must be turned in to the officials' booth near the entrance - passports, cameras, phones, bags - everything. Also - don't linger and be the last out because the booth shuts promptly at 16:30 with all your belongings in it. The vault is under the main branch of Bank Melli on Ferdosi Street in... more

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5 of 5 stars
doogie88   6 contributions
New Delhi
Jan 11, 2008
4
people found this review helpful

The National Jewels treasury is a Unique experience in itself.... Seeing diamonds,Ruby's,emeralds.. gold..... from the time of nadir shah in the 1700's and even before...to the time of the last king of the Pahlavi dynasty shah... Though more than 50 % jewels come from India....including the great ":Peacock throne" and the worlds second largest diamond which of color pink..... The... more

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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Tehran
Apr 24, 2005
6
people found this review helpful

for me it was like a sweet dream,u can not estimate how much the jewels worth!billions and billions ,cause i don't know greater than billion!!!! i never seen something like this in other countries. more

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National Jewels Treasury Address

Ferdowsi Ave. | Central Bank, Tehran, Iran
Tel: 98 21 64463785 Fax: 98 21 3112596