Pirnia traditional house, ethnology museum

 

The Pirnia traditional house is a perfect example of the regional desert houses in terms of architecture and art. The house consists of an exterior, an interior, a deep garden, a silo room, and all of the facilities that a lord’s house needed to have. When you enter the house and pass the first corridor, you reach an octagonal room called “hashti”, which used to be a waiting room for clients and visitors. Beautiful paintings, amazing plasterwork of Qur’anic stories, a book of famous poems, and exquisite calligraphy decorate the living room. The house was constructed in the Safavid Period. First, a judge of Naein lived there. During the Qajar Period, the house belonged to a governor of Naein. A few decades ago, the house was purchased by the Ministry of Culture and Art. After renovation in 1994, the house was converted into the desert ethnology museum.

Pirnia traditional house