The Dr. Hesabi Museum is a small house museum dedicated to Mahmoud Hesabi, one of Iran's best-known twentieth-century scientists. Personal objects, photographs, books, and scientific material frame his life as both an academic career and a national story about modern education.
It is a niche stop, but Tehran rewards niche stops. If you have already seen the palaces and big national museums, this gives a quieter view of Iranian intellectual life and the respect still attached to teachers, engineers, and scientists.