Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
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Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, (Persian: موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران), also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th century's world-class European and American paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures. TMoCA also has one of the greatest collections of Iranian modern and contemporary art.
موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران | |
Established | 1977; 47 years ago (1977) |
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Location | Laleh Park Tehran Iran |
Coordinates | 35°42′41″N 51°23′26″E |
Type | Art museum |
Director | Ebad Reza Eslami[citation needed] |
Curator | David Galloway, Kamran Diba[citation needed] |
Architect | Kamran Diba |
Website | tmoca |
The museum was inaugurated by Empress Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی), née Farah Diba (دیبا), in 1977, just two years before the 1979 Revolution.[1][2] TMoCA is considered to have the most valuable collections of modern Western masterpieces outside Europe and North America.[3]