a TPM member's art exhibition will be held in the Hague
The 3rd review conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC- will be held in the Hague, the Netherlands from 8 to19 April 2013.
Diplomatic delegations from 188 state parties , representatives of International organizations as well as many NGOs will participate in this very important event which takes place every 5 years.
Representatives of the SCWVS and Tehran Peace Museum are invited to attend the conference.
Among other side events of the conference, would be an art exhibition by Nasim Taghipoor, a volunteer member of the Tehran Peace Museum who will exhibit her art works on impacts of war and Chemical Warfare.
Planting the trees and prayer for a year full of peace and friendship
On Monday 11 March 2013, the Tehran Peace Museum organized a ceremony to welcome the spring and Nowruz (Iranian New Year).During the event, a group of children played the Beethoven’s symphony No. 9 with their musical instruments and sang together a song on peace and friendship between humans.
Also to commemorate the second anniversary of 11 March 2011 catastrophic earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, and in solidarity with the people of Japan, the Ginkgo tree seeds which are sent to the museum from Japan’s “Green Legacy Hiroshima” project, as the messengers of life, hope, peace and friendship, were planted by children and volunteers of the TPM under the supervision of one of the Gardening Education Center’s specialists.The pots with planted seeds were then handed to this center’s greenhouse for further protection and support.
Participation of a group of war veterans and chemical weapons’ survivors was one of the spotlights of this ceremony.
After this event, the participated children and museum’s visitors have given small plants to take care of, books and small olive trees as New Year’s peaceful gifts.
Click here to see the photos of this event.
Tehran Peace Museum is going to celebrate the Spring
On Monday 11 March 2013, at 10 am, Tehran peace Museum in collaboration with City Park and the Gardening Education Center, will hold an event to welcome the Nowruz (Iranian New year).
Also,to commemorate the second anniversary of March 11, 2011 catastrophoc earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident , and in solidarity with the people of Japanthe, during this event,Ginkgo seeds which are sent to the museum from Japan’s “Green Legacy Hiroshima” project, as the messengers of life, hope, peace and friendship, will be planted along with a number of olive trees as symbols of peace and hope.
As the last part of the ceremony, a group of children and their teachers will pray for a new year full of peace and friendship.
Tehran Peace Museum contributed in "Green Legacy Hiroshima" project
These days, Tehran Peace Museum and Tehran's City Park are hosting the seeds of Hiroshima's Ginkgo tree, collected in 2012 from the mother tree located in Shukkeien Garden less than 1.5 kilometers from the hypocenter of the atomic bomb attack (1945). These seeds are the precious messengers of life, hope and peace and with their surviving during all these years, have planted the seed of hope in the hearts of many survivors of wars around the world.
Several groups of students visited the Peace Museum
Since the beginning of 2013 , many school children from several schools, along with their teachers visited the Tehran Peace Museum.
During their visits, the students had chance to meet with war veterans and survivors of chemical warfare and listened to their eye witness accounts.
The students also exchanged ideas on promoting peace in the society, schools and families.
To see some photos of these visits, please click here.
Tehran Peace Museum as this month's INMP spotlight
We are happy to inform you that the Tehran Peace Museum is this month's Spotlight on the INMP (International Network of Museum's for Peace) website.
Each month, the INMP selects one of its member museums for some well-deserved extra attention on its website. To start 2013, they have selected Tehran Peace Museum!
We hope this extra attention in INMP Spotlight will give our museum more publicity and hits on the webpage and site.
You can see these special sections via the links below:
http://inmp.net/?option=com_content&view=category&id=31&Itemid=107