Some time ago when searching for pictures of Rostam I came across a statue of him in Lavasan. So when I went to visit a friend of mine in Lavasan and realized we had some downtime before lunch, I asked him to take me there. I was under the impression that it was a solitary statue, perhaps in the middle of a park, but it turned out to bean entire museum. The museum and its exhibits were made by Mr. Vaziri and has been open for the past 10 years or so. It's location is so remote that unless was specifically going to the museum, they probably would have no business being in that area. Mr. Vaziri has made use of any and all objects to create his exhibits. Things as useless as door knobs, tin cans, the bottom of glass bottles, etc. have all been put to good use. Furthermore he has actually carved a cave in the mountain itself to make a tunnel housing more exhibits. The mouth of this cave is also carved in the form of a lion's open mouth. I could go on and on but I think it would be best to leave you with pictures so that you can see for yourself. I would definitely recommend visiting if you can. When we got there it was only 15 minutes till its noon closing but he still welcomed us in and told us to take our time seeing the place. The entrance fee was 10,000 tomans and he took the time to sit down with us and serve us tea as well. As we were leaving we noticed he was finishing another exhibit, something that looked like a peacock, and wanted to place it on top of a table. It took all of us and his own crew's help to do so as it was heavy as hell. I wondered why this place was getting no publicity and my friends told me that it was because he was vocally very anti-regime but due to his age they didn't bother him.
I did find the Rostam statue as well and as one of my friends who had been there before pointed out, he had created it, specifically the beard, by copying his own.
This is the entrance with a smaller sized lion head on the side. You can also see unicorns and angels in the distance.
Here is a doorway decorated with bottles.
Here are some random exhibits including statues of Rostam, Takhti and Amir Kabir.
The cave's entrance.
Inside the cave, Koroush and Rostam.
The Rostam that I had originally seen.
The treehouse that I didn't dare go to its top due to the manmade ladders and bridges and my general fear of heights.
Sitting on a chair made out of a tree stump with a miniature head of Rostam carved on it. Behind me is the gazebo that we all sat down in to have tea.
With the master himself and the peacock behind us. Further behind is the gazebo.
I did find the Rostam statue as well and as one of my friends who had been there before pointed out, he had created it, specifically the beard, by copying his own.
This is the entrance with a smaller sized lion head on the side. You can also see unicorns and angels in the distance.
Here is a doorway decorated with bottles.
Here are some random exhibits including statues of Rostam, Takhti and Amir Kabir.
The cave's entrance.
Inside the cave, Koroush and Rostam.
The Rostam that I had originally seen.
The treehouse that I didn't dare go to its top due to the manmade ladders and bridges and my general fear of heights.
Sitting on a chair made out of a tree stump with a miniature head of Rostam carved on it. Behind me is the gazebo that we all sat down in to have tea.
With the master himself and the peacock behind us. Further behind is the gazebo.
