The Lari House is one of the finest traditional mansions in Yazd, a Qajar-era merchant's house that has been meticulously restored and opened as a museum. The architecture follows the classic Yazdi pattern: a plain exterior wall facing the street, with all the beauty turned inward. Step through the entrance corridor and you find an elaborately decorated reception hall, a courtyard garden, and a deep basement room ventilated by a wind tower.
The interiors are lavishly decorated with plasterwork, mirror mosaics, and painted ceilings — the opposite of the austerity the mud-brick exterior suggests. The house belonged to the Lari family, prominent merchants, and the furnishings include the family's original possessions. One of the best examples in Yazd of how a prosperous household once lived, and far less crowded than similar mansions in Isfahan.