Darabad Botanical Museum in Tehran (PHOTOS)

The museum puts on display 600 plant species collected in two years.

Darabad Botanical Museum, which seeks to make the public familiar with different medicinal and ornamental plants, houses 600 of the 8,000 plant species that exist in Iran.

The species on display have been collected in two years.

The following are photos of the museum posted online by tpaa.ir:

Fatemeh Askarieh

Fatemeh Askarieh is an Iranian journalist working on a range of fields including culture, art, lifestyle, cultural heritage, and tourism. She has been working with the Iran Front Page (IFP) Media Group for 10 years, and is currently the head of the Art and Lifestyle Department.

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