Tus Museum This is a small museum in the comof Ferdowsi Mausoleum, which has a book stand with some offerings in English not easily available elsewhere. The was formerly used as a traditional tea house. Following renovation works in 1982, it was traninto the present museum, which due to some deficiencies was soon closed until 1987, when it was reopened to the public. In addition to a manuscript of the Shahnameh weighing 73 kilograms the museum houses both ethnological and archaeological sections. The archaeological items were excavated from different regions of Khorassan, including Khaf, Torbat-e Jam, etc. Tel: (0511) 25180.