Deputy head of Iranˈs Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization Mehdi Hojjat Qaem was accompanying Massimo Bray during his tour.
The National Museum of Iran is the combination of two museums, the old ˈArchaeological Museum of Iranˈ, a break, Sasanian revival building designed by André Godard and inaugurated in 1937, and the modernistic white travertine National Arts Museum inaugurated in 1972.