Want to get lost in a world of lights and reflections? Museum of Mirrors and Lighting or Qasr-e Ayeneh (a castle of the mirror) in the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage City of Yazd can be a good start. This interesting museum is located in the middle of a spacious garden. You won’t regret visiting this beauty. Here is why…
About Museum of Mirrors and Lighting
The first thing that will catch your eyes is the lively yard and surroundings of this place. Museum of Mirrors and Lighting is in a Kushk. What is a Kushk? You might ask. Well, in Persian architecture, Kushk is a castle in the middle of a large garden. As you can see the building is an attraction itself. This place belonged to Saraf Zadeh in Pahlavi Era, who was a businessman.
In ۱۹۹۸, this beautiful house turns to the Museum of Mirrors and Lighting. Saraf Zadeh House has a lot of Āina-kāri (a kind of interior decoration by putting small pieces of mirrors together in geometric forms or forms of flowers and shrubs) which are in front of the pool. The architecture of this place is a combination of Persian and European traditional architecture inside the building is interesting too, as it is like a maze.
So, try not to get lost!. Besides the beautiful Āina-kāri, all of the rooms have breath-taking stucco and painting. Also, windows are decorated with colorful glasses, an indispensable item of Persian architecture. Also, the wooden doors of the museum will catch your eyes too.
Object of Museum of Mirrors and Lighting
You can see a range of fascinating objects from different historical eras in Museum of Mirrors and Lighting.