TEHRAN -- Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) honored the best museum curators of the year during a ceremony on Monday.

Maragheh Museum of Ilkhanids Director Nasser Dabir, Masjed Soleiman Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology Director Shahram Omid and Darehshahr Museum of Anthropology Director Seyyed Mojtaba Farhadi were awarded during the ceremony, which was held at the Golestan Palace Museum.

In addition, Afarin Emami, the director of the Niavaran Cultural Historical Complex, was also honored at the meeting, which was attended by CHTHO Director Masud Soltanifar and a number of cultural officials.

Several curators of local museums were also awarded at the ceremony organized by the CHTHO to celebrate International Museum Day.

“Museums give meaning to life, add spice to it and make societies much more stable,” the director of Iran National Committee of the International Council of Museums, Mohammad Beheshti, said during the ceremony.

“The modern society of Iran feels the need to increase the number of its museums as the country progresses toward greater stability,” he added.

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