The Music Museum of Iran
Musical Practices: Documentation and Mediation
The Music Museum of Iran (founded in 2006) owns approximately 25,000 recordings of Iranian music, recorded from 1906 to 1979, including radio recordings, Persian and Afghan pop music and important shellac records from the era of the last Khajar ruler Ahmad Shah Qajar (1906-1925). In addition, there are almost 1,500 Iranian musical instruments, an extensive video collection and 2,000 historical photographs. At the present time, the museum represents the only Iranian institution committed to being a place of documentation and mediation of the country's musical past and present. Since 2012, the sound archive has been digitally secured with funding from the Federal Foreign Office and the Foundation of Lower Saxony and in cooperation with the Center for World Music.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Year of acquisition | 2013 Digital copies handed over to CWM |
| Collector/Donor | Music Museum of Iran, Tehran |
| Material and number | approx. 3000 shellac records, focus on early recordings of Iranian music |
| Status of acquisition | partially completed (in progress) |
| Status of digitisation | Completed (scans and audio digitisations) |
| Location of the collection | physical: Music Museum of Iran, Tehran |
| Project funding | For indexing: Funding for initiation: MWK Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ausland; for digitisation and indexing: Stiftung Niedersachsen and Cultural Preservation Programme of the Federal Foreign Office (2013-2022) |