MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTERS CREATED UPON THE INITIATIVE Of H.I.M. FARAH PAHLAVI

  1. Negarestan Museum of Qajar Dynasty Arts. 1975
  2. Carpet Museum of Tehran.
  3. Tehran Museum of Ancient Ceramics and Glassworks.
  4. Reza Abbassi Museum of post and pre-Islamic artworks.
  5. Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts.
  6. Khorram Abad Museum of Ancient Luristan Bronzes.
  7. Cultural Center of Niavaran.
  8. Cultural Center of Baghe-Ferdows.
  9. Marmar Palace Cultural Center.

Other projects were about to be created: The Museum of Persian Handicrafts at an ancient fortress in Shiraz, a museum of modern arts also in Shiraz designed by Alvar Alto, and a museum of sciences in Tehran.

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF H.I.M FARAH PAHLAVI SHAHBANOU OF IRAN

  1. Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
  2. National Organization for the Protection of Children
  3. Reza Pahlavi School for the Blinds
  4. Organization for the Protection of Mothers and Babies
  5. Iranian Society for Assistance to the Lepers
  6. Society for Assistance to the Victims of Burns
  7. National Society for the Fight against Cancer
  8. Medical Congress of Tehran
  9. National Organization for Blood Transfusion
  10. Farah Pahlavi University
  11. Rural Research Institute
  12. Academy of Sciences
  13. Touss Festival (epic traditional arts)
  14. Isfahan Festival (popular art)
  15. Iran Cultural Foundation
  16. Shiraz/Persepolis Festival of Arts
  17. Tehran Philharmonic Society
  18. Imperial Society of Philosophy
  19. Shahbanou Farah Cultural Society
  20. High Council of Scientific Research
  21. High Council of Social Betterment
  22. High Council of Health
  23. High Council for Architecture and Urban Development
  24. High Council of Tourism
  25. High Council of Education

(The High Councils were created in order to improve coordination between the Government and different non-governmental institutions.) The Queen was also Commissary of Iranian scouts and presided over different sporting associations.)