Tehran Peace Museum commemorates International Day of Peace

PeaceDay-f-newsEvery year, the Tehran Peace Museum family, in collaboration with the United Nations Office in Tehran, holds a ceremony to commemorate the International Day of Peace.  This special occasion reminds us all about how and why we have come together to reconcile peace among nations, community members, families and individuals.

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Indonesian Ambassador Visits the Peace Museum

Indonesian-AmbassadorOn Wednesday 9 September 2015, H.E. Mr.  Dian Wirengjurit, Ambassador of the Indonesia to Tehran, and companies visited the Peace Museum.
Ambassador Wirengjurit, who was invited by young volunteer members of the museum, was given a guided tour of the museum by chemical weapons victims who volunteer at the Tehran Peace Museum (TPM).

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Peace Education Workshop held for interested individuals

Kh-workshap-sep-2015A Peace education workshop in collaboration with a number of Tehran University professors was held in the Tehran Peace Museum on Wednesday, September 8.
In this one-day workshop that was held with the presence of a number of interested guest masters of peace studies, political sciences and international law, the concept of peace with an Islamic view, the Iranian constitutional law and international studies were discussed. The participants of the workshop, along with the explanations of the volunteer guides and narrators of the museum, visited the Tehran Peace Museum and got acquainted with its activities.

Fourth Model UN Security Council Simulation at Tehran Peace Museum

un-simulation-news 2015The fourth UN Security Council simulation in cooperation with United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran and the International Studies Journal (ISJ) was held on 27 August 2015 at the Tehran Peace Museum.

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Australian Ambassador Visits the Peace Museum

Australian-AmbassadorOn Monday 23 August 2015, H.E. Mr. Paul Foley, Ambassador of Australia in Tehran, visited the Tehran Peace Museum.
Ambassador Foley was given a guided tour of the museum by chemical weapons victims who volunteer at the TPM. After the tour, the Ambassador joined a meeting with volunteers and staff of the TPM, where he was presented with a brief report on the museum’s educational programs and international relations.

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International Youth Day Celebrated in the Peace Museum

International-youth-day-2015An event on the global celebration of International Youth Day took place in the Tehran Peace Museum (TPM) on Wednesday August 12, 2015, in collaboration with the Iranian Youth Parliament and the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) office in Tehran.

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TPM Volunteers Attend the International Youth for Peace Conference in Hiroshima

Hiroshima-youth-2015-tnThree young volunteer members of the Tehran Peace Museum represented the city of Tehran at the International Youth for Peace Conference hosted by the Hiroshima municipality in Japan from the 4th to the 14th of August 2015.

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Invitation to Attend the International Youth Day at the Tehran Peace Museum

youth-day-poster-2015On Wednesday 12 August, 2015 from 10 am to 12 noon, the Tehran Peace Museum will be hosting a special event to celebrate International Youth Day. The event is being held in collaboration with the Iranian Youth Parliament, the Office of the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran and the Tehran Peace Museum.

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Second Iran-Japan Love and Peace Film Festival

filmfestivalleaflet 2015As one of the annual joint projects of the Tehran Peace Museum and the Japanese NPO (MOCT), the second Iran-Japan Love and Peace Film Festivalwas held in Hiroshima and Tokyo from 1st to 9th August 2015.

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Tehran Peace Museum / SCWVS Delegation Met Mayor of Hiroshima

Hiroshima-Mayor-2015

During the 70th anniversary memorial of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima, a delegation from the Tehran Peace Museum and the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS) from Iran visited Hiroshima and met with Mayor Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima on 5 August.

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Focus on Survivors' Involvement

Focus on Survivors' Involvement

"Their burnt eyes and their coughs express their suffering more eloquently than any words"

While visiting the Hiroshima Peace Museum the founders of the Tehran Peace Museum realized the necessity of involving the victims of war in the creation of the museum. Only these individuals could provide credible accounts of the harsh realities of war and their correlating desire for peace.

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What is a Peace Museum?

What is a Peace Museum?

When you first hear of a "Peace museum" you may be slightly mystified or perhaps even a bit skeptical. It is easy to imagine what goes into a war museum but what can you put in a peace museum? And if the peace movement is to be represented in a museum does that mean it is being relegated to the past? 

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The Tehran Peace Museum

The Tehran Peace Museum

Currently housed in a building donated by the municipality of Tehran within the historic City Park, the Tehran Peace Museum is as much an interactive peace center as a museum. It coordinates a peace education program that holds workshops and hosts conferences on the culture of peace, reconciliation, international humanitarian law, disarmament and peace advocacy.

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Founding the Iranian Peace Museum

Founding the Iranian Peace Museum

Its founding began with a conversation between the founder of the Tehran-based Society for Chemical Weapons Victims support (SCWVS) and a coordinator for the international Peace Museums Network in 2005. This, as well as a visit to Hiroshima, Japan by members of SCWVS a year before, prompted the desire for a museum in Tehran.

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