Located in the Baghcheh Joogh Palace, this museum opened in 1986 and showcases the personal belongings of Eqbal al-Saltaneh Makuyi, a Qajar era (1785-1925) commander and the governor of Maku. The museum is popular among tourists for the beauty of its architecture, which is a combination of European and Persian styles, as well as for its priceless possessions including velvet wallpapers, brocade curtains, antique furniture, fine china and cut-glass chandeliers. It is said that many of the valuables of Baghcheh Joogh Palace were gifts from the Russian court. One of the prized possessions of the museum is the first gramophone brought to Iran which has a 60 cm horn.
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luxurious building of the palace has been built of two-story building in a garden on a high hillside with a combination of Iranian traditional architecture and western especially Russian architecture in the late 19th. The domestic and foreign travelers are interested in the building of this palace due to the outstanding artistic and architectural features as a palace-museum. Currently, this museum contains objects and furniture of the commander most of them presented by Russia's ruler and court for his considerable influence on the area of Iran, especially in the tumultuous reign of Muzaffar al-Din Shah.
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