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In two words: Unforgettable experience! Opened in December 2015 by a group of music lovers, this museum is simply exceptional and unique in Iran. Started by Mehrdad Jeihooni and Shahriar Shokrani in the early 1980 ' s, which was only a simple collection of instruments has grown over the years to become a legacy, a momentous testimony to Iranian culture and traditions and their evolution over the centuries.

A tip, don't go at the end of the day thinking about closing the visit quickly before going back to the hotel. You can easily spend two or three hours dreaming in the different rooms and extend the experience with a small private concert in the room dedicated to this effect. The museum is not big by size, but it is immense by the quality of its exhibition.

The first room, dedicated to percussion and strings, presents the national instruments, with in particular a very beautiful collection of tars, some of which have taken up to three years to be made. There is a large declination of sizes and materials for classical models, but some rarer models can be described such as this tar of nearly a century or another, on the hollow back specially designed for pregnant women. For it was a time, yes, or even women could play music! And for times where it's music that was totally forbidden, you can admire miniaturized and flat instruments that could be hidden under the clothes! Also in this room, an exceptional santouri alignment.

The second piece focuses on specific instruments in each region of Iran. In this way, we can admire all the know-how of nomadic populations in this field, including gheychak, a small guitar which originally was made with the head of a horse and which over the centuries has circulated along the Silk Road before arriving in Italy, where it gave birth to the violin. You can also try cooking utensils, which were improvised when the need to play music was felt!

These instruments, far from being presented as relics, are all in a state of functioning. You are not encouraged to touch them, because they remain fragile, but by asking nicely you can try one or two without problems. And in any case, your visit will be ipad in hand, with each instrument a small emptied that will allow you to see how it is played and what sounds it can render.

After such a beautiful initiation, you will be able to visit in a room entirely dedicated to the musical handicraft and where you can observe artisans in their work, to learn everything from the secrets of the manufacture of instruments, and of the tar in particular.

Finally you will be invited to a small private concert, because here there are only fans who play throughout the day. They told you: Unforgettable experience!

Don't miss to linger in the new boutique, where you can find a wide choice of Iranian music Cds as well as small memories and musical instruments.

Exceptional collections for a museum that should highlight an entire part of Lyon's and the world's heritage through more than 4,500 years of textile history. However, the Musée des Tissus is currently undergoing a complete renovation. Work that will not begin before 2024, if all goes well, and that will last at least 18 months, if all goes well... To be continued.

The museum is run by passionate these small clay characters, who made it a shop and throughout the year, sell characters nursery for lovers. In a large room, there is an exhibition of figurines come from different countries, including the famous private collection Marcel Carbonel. The expressions, attitudes and costumes are different, for a theme that, does not change him and concerns the Nativity. The entrance is free, you just need to go to the shop, figurines, of course!

Soviet nostalgia... After leaving St. Petersburg for nearly 3 years of renovation, the cruiser Aurora returned with great pomp and circumstance on July 19, 2016. Moored at the confluence of the Neva and the Great Neva, this battleship more than a century old (built between 1897 and 1900 on the orders of Nicholas II) of impeccable metallic grey is to Saint Petersburg what the mausoleum of Lenin is to Moscow in terms of revolutionary symbolism. It was indeed from the cruiser Aurora that the signal for the revolution of October 1917 was given, marking the dawn of a new era for the country and the world. It was indeed his cannon shot fired with blanks that announced to the revolutionary soldiers and sailors the moment of the assault on the Winter Palace. Before that, he had fought in the Pacific waters against the Japanese in 1904 and then crossed swords with the German navy in the Baltic. Since 1948, when it was permanently anchored at Petrogradskaya Quay, east of the Peter and Paul Fortress, its long grey hull topped by three chimneys has been an integral part of the urban landscape of Leningrad and is likely to be part of the urban landscape of St Petersburg for a long time to come. There has been talk of moving it, scrapping it, not to mention more or less far-fetched projects such as turning it into a discotheque. The USSR is no more, but its legacy lives on. Although it is not the most interesting museum in the city, the visit is nevertheless very popular with children.

In the Belsunce district, easily accessible by the T 2 or T 3 tram, Thubaneau Street is home to the Marseillaise memorial, recognizable by far by the great blue-white-white flag adorning its façade. Originally home to a palm play room in the seventeenth century, the place subsequently became a theater and then an Arab bath. It was in 1792 that the building became the seat of the Jacobins club, from which the Marseilles Federated, direction Paris for taking the Tuileries Palace. Their war song, that of the Rhine Army, will later become commonly known as the Marseillaise and our national anthem. The museum is centered around routes with images, multimedia archives and various recordings of the revolutionary song. A real success that we appreciate every visit. History but playful for those that the subject does not attract, well animated with its special effects, it will delight small and large. Opened in 2011, this unique historical interpretation center offers cultural activities and events as well as a wide selection of works and products in its boutique bookshop.