Forging Links with the Centre for Achaemenid Studies, National Museum of Iran

In August 2004, Elisabeth Pamberg (Insitute of Archaeology (IoA), UCL) and I were granted a visa to visit Iran at the request of staff from the National Museum in Tehran. The purpose of our two-week visit was to volunteer in the museum and gain an understanding of the resources available to staff, researchers and the general public. The long-term aim was to create a mutually beneficial academic arrangement, whereby IoA students could have the opportunity to carry out valuable research on material in the collections, while keeping museum staff updated on the latest ideas and practices within the fields of archaeology and museum studies in the UK.