Mohsen Moghaddam

Mohsen Moghaddam (Persian: محسن مقدم; 2 December 1900 – 10 November 1987) was an Iranian archaeologist, art historian, painter, professor and art collector. He was among the figures involved in the establishment of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran and became one of the university's early professors of archaeology and art history. Moghaddam also designed the emblem of the University of Tehran, basing it on a Sasanian stucco motif from Ctesiphon. Together with his wife, Selma Kuyumjian, he assembled a substantial collection of Iranian art and archaeological material in his family home in Tehran. In 1972 he endowed the house and its collections to the University of Tehran for use by students and researchers; it later became the Moghadam House and Museum.