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The Museum of Contemporary Palestinian Art was established in the early days of 2006 by the Academy of Arts with the participation of Iranian and Palestinian artists, and officially began its activities in August of that year.
The idea of establishing a museum to showcase the resistance of the Palestinian people was formed in 2002, simultaneously with the holding of the Resistance Art Exhibition in support of the Palestinian people’s uprising at the Academy of Arts. For this purpose, in addition to the holding of the Resistance Art Exhibition, 65 works of prominent artists were purchased. These works belonged to the best Palestinian painters expelled from their homeland and living in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.
The idea of establishing the Museum of Contemporary Palestinian Art was revived with the handover of the Andishe building on North Sabai Street, on the corner of Bozorgmehr Street. In 2004, the then mayor of Tehran gave the Andishe building to the Academy of Arts. The Andishe building was an old building that, after restoration, was called Saray Andishe and used as a cultural center. The Academy of Arts, under the design and supervision of the then president, made major changes to the building to prepare it for a change of use and conversion into a permanent museum.
The museum building, consisting of eight galleries, with an area of about 700 square meters on three floors, was commissioned and its opening was announced at the same time as the Supreme Leader’s visit to the Islamic World Poster Biennial.
On April 18, 2006, coinciding with the birth of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the holding of the International Quds Summit, the museum was temporarily opened in the presence of ambassadors from Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and several other Islamic countries.
Four months later, on the 23rd of August, the Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art officially began its work with the aim of launching the largest arena for dialogue, interaction, exchange of views, and transfer of experiences and achievements of artists from Iran, Palestine, and other Islamic countries, centered on cultural, ideological, and intellectual ties, simultaneously with the opening of the Holocaust exhibition.
