UN Resident Coordinator in Iran visited the Peace Museum
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Mr.Gary Lewis, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Iran, visited the TPM on Monday 27 May 2013.
Following a visit to the Museum, Mr Lewis had a friendly meeting with some TPM members, war veterans and chemical warfare survivors who work with the peace museum as volunteer guides.
During the meeting, Mr Lewis reiterated the importance of raising awareness about the consequences of war to promote culture of peace and the role of war survivors in such awareness programs.
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Report: “My friend”, Iranian Children’s Drawing Exhibition
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“My Friend” was the title of an exhibition of Iranian Children’s Drawings held on 22 & 23 May 2013 in Tehran’s Arasbaran civic center, as collaboration between Tehran Peace Museum and Hadis Pre-school center.
In this exhibition which was the 4th joint program of Hadis Pre-school center and Tehran Peace Museum, 40 drawings of children (4-12 years) were exhibited.
During two days, interested people, students as well as representatives of media, visited the exhibition and enjoyed watching children’s drawings.
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Workshop on: Refugees, Humanitarian assistance and efforts towards a peaceful life
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A workshop on "Refugees, Humanitarian Assistance and Efforts toward Peaceful Life" was held at Tehran Peace Museum on 23 May 2013.
In the workshop which was a joint program of the UN Refugee Agency -UNHCR- and the TPM, over 50 students and TPM volunteers participated to discuss different topics including: History and mission of the UNHCR, basic facts, terminology, and the refugees challenges.
The participants also had chance to listen to the life story of one of the afghan refugees.
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Tehran Peace Museum awarded as the best and superior museum of the year, just 2 years after its establishment
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In a ceremony which held on 19 May 2013 to celebrate World Museums Day, and with the presence of representatives from different museums all over the country, Tehran Peace Museum selected as the superior museum of the last solar year (Spring to end of Winter). This selection was based on monitoring different items of museums' activities.
In this ceremony a large number of Iranian museums' members and officials from Iranian ICOM (International Council of Museums) were present; and awards and certificates of selection delivered by the jury members to TPM's Executive Director.
Tehran Peace Museum has been awarded in 5 items which are: Education, number of visitors, Creativity & Innovation, Introducing cultural & historical legacy, Collecting cultural-historical belongings.
TPM congratulates to its members and volunteers, and believes that achieving to this great honor couldn't happen without the efforts of all these friends.
We wish for more success on TPM's up-coming events
Report: Book-launch ceremony at Tehran Peace Museum
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“Journey Recounted by Coughs” (Hiroshima Travelogue) book-launch ceremony was held in Tehran Peace Museum on 14 May 2013.
Hamid Hesam, the author of the book, together with a number of authors, artists, media representatives, Japanese Embassy Cultural Officer, as well as CW survivors and Peace Museum’s members were present in the event.
At the beginning of the ceremony, Head of museum’s International Relations had few words on the Iranian-Japanese war victims’ relations and this cultural exchange as one of the Tehran Peace Museum’s main program, then Ali Jalali Farahani, a CW survivor, and Ms. Kuniko Yamamura, interpreter and TPM member, talked on this travelogue’s positive traits.
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