Face to face of war

A guide to visit of Sacred Defense Museum of Khoramshar:
More or less, all parts of Iran, during the years of Sacred Defense were dealing with the happenings of imposed war but, among all, we should consider Khoramshahr as the symbol of the oppressed and then resistance and victory. All the streets and houses and all people of Khoramshahr since the days of the town occupation have some memoirs and , it is for 20 years that a collection of these memoirs by efforts of cultural center of Khoramshar's Sacred Defense, is kept in this city and is exposed to all- visits. To visit this museum, you will go to a large building that in fact, the Englishmen have built it in 1309 as the central building of oil-center and managing oil extraction and exporting south of Iran oil and Iraq. This building during occupation time, was captured by Bassi forces and after war by changing of application and less repair and change , since 1375 was continued as the museum of Sacred Defense so that at the moment more than 900 thousand internal tours and five thousand external tourists

Learn more:

if you want to gain more information regarding of the museum or to make plan for collective visits, you can call the museum itself through numbers s(061) 53525116 . at the moment, the does not have a web Address so if you want more pictures , you should search in different Websites.

How do we get there?

A museum in the beach of Karoun:
It is 19 kilometer from Abadan up to Khoramshahr and up to Ahvaz, the capital province of Khouzestan, is 110 kilometer. To visit the museum of holy defense of Khoramshahr, after traveling to this city, you should get to the beach-like Boulevard of Imam Khomeini (RA). The holy defense museum is located in the Beach of Karoon River and beside the bridge of Jahan Ara or according to the local hesitant, the new bridge. So, if needed, you can ask the local people for help.

What do we see?

Wandering around the atmosphere of resistance:
in Sacred Defense Museum there are a part of devices used as weapons of war veterans such as photos, replica trenches, personal belongings, Wills and unexploded mines.
Courtyard: in the inner parts of the museum like
Into the yard of some pats of Museum, such as stronghold, embankments, and some war equipments that has required a bigger space, is exposed to the public. Among the large and green area of the space and beautiful garden, you can take a tour and despite visiting these areas, you can take a fresh breaths.

Mosque and religious site (Hosseinia):

In the courtyard, there are mosque and religious site museum, which it is for several years that the tomb of three Unknowns martyr is in this area.

Hall of Revolution and crisis:

Hall of Revolution and crisis, probably is the first forum that you enter it. This Hall related to the Memories and the works of revolution period up to 58 and 59, is before the war breaks-out.

Hall of invasion and resistance:

The second Hall is the Hall of invasion and resistance and objects related to early days of the war up to date of Baathists influx is being held in this city.

The hall of operations in Jerusalem:

This hall is either related to the operation of the city liberation; that is the operation of sacred Jerusalem operation and the happenings of the margin and the context.

The hall of return to Khoramshahr:

The hall of return to Khoramshahr is related to the happening and memoirs of Khoramshhar since taking the city up to the end of war and restoring days of the city.

Golden points

Free visit
The museum of sacred defense of Khoramshhar each day except off-days since 8AM, till 12:30 and since 17 to 19 is open for public.
- Visiting the museum of sacred defense of Khoramshahr is out of charge.
- On arrival, by reaching visitors' population to a quorum, after the broadcast of a documentary video of the events of the war in Khorramshahr, a narrator as a guide in all sectors will be with you.
- Different parts of the museum, except yard and religious site, have been merely classified on the basis of date and this is one of the interesting parts of the museum.
- Different parts of the museum, except the yard and religious site, merely have been classified on the basis of history and in any part , a series of images, memorabilia and other works and events other you'll see.
- Visiting of all parts of the museum will take a few hours.
- It is better if you have something to eat or drink, you serve them in the courtyard of the museum so that the inner courtyard of the museum remains completely clean.
Article Source: Journal of my country, (70)