Considering the historical and cultural importance of the Golestan region and the great historical heritage of this region, Golestan Museum is being built as a provincial museum in Gonbad-e Kavus city, and it includes the complete parts of a museum with the highest standard, which is used for preservation and protection, restoration of works, study and research. It will play a pivotal and central role in an important part of the historical land of Iran in the works and its presentation to the audience. The definition of this project in the city of Gonbad-e Kavus will have a significant impact on the growth of tourism in this city and other cities in the region on a national and global scale, and therefore the connection between the museum and the city and the site plays an important role in its design. The museum building has been designed with an area of 7600 square meters on a 2-hectare land adjacent to the 5-hectare Dariush Park. The occupation area of the building is about 4500 square meters and the museum area covers an area of more than 15 thousand square meters, most of which has vegetation of various trees, especially eldar pine trees. The significant area and the proximity and direct connection of the site with a city park have given great importance to the landscape design of this complex. Designing the area of the museum building with public and cultural use is also considered an important issue in the design of such a collection because the landscape and open space will play a significant role in strengthening and defining the relationship of the audience with the collection. In fact, the museum area is an inseparable part of the museum building and it is the totality of the building and the area that defines the relationship of the museum with the city and with the audience as a single set. The governing approach to Golestan museum design is to consider the open space as an extension of the museum building and to try to combine architecture and landscape as much as possible in the complex.

According to the high volume of historical monuments discovered in the region and the value and greatness of the province's treasures and the lack of standard and sufficient reservoirs in the province, at the request of the Department of Cultural Heritage Museums, the reservoir section has been designed with a significant area of 1700 square meters, which includes storage reservoirs and sections restoration, quarantine, laboratory and research department. The administrative section is designed with a separate entrance in the southeast part of the site and in connection with the staff parking lot and the tank dock. The only part of the museum that is more than one floor high is the storage and administration part, which is designed on three floors. It is possible to experience the garden from inside the building through the outdoor space of the coffee shop, which is a large terrace that is opened in front of the collection of towering pine trees on the site. The history of Gorgan region is inextricably linked with its special geography, the Turkmen Sahara plain and the Hyrkani forest of Golestan, and paying attention to the geographical features of the region, which has national and global value, can play an important role in introducing it to the audience. Based on this, in the design of the green space of the Golestan Museum, it is preferred to use native trees of the Golestan region, and it has been tried to create capacities to introduce the nature and ecosystem of the region to the audience by using these trees as much as possible. It is obvious that the climatic and operational restrictions such as the height of the site above sea level, the high level of underground water in the site and the presence of non-native trees on the ground, etc., make the selection of trees face limitations, but ultimately with this approach and considering all the requirements of green space design, appropriate and compatible plant species have been selected and used in garden design.

One of the sources of inspiration for the architectural design of the museum has been the way the space is formed and divided in the rural houses of Gorgan. The museum building has 4 main parts including public, exhibition, administrative and storage spaces. The public area, including the meeting hall and coffee shop, has been designed in such a way that it can be accessed and used when the exhibition parts of the museum are closed. The main spaces and galleries are formed around the central space of the yard in specific forms. The form of the building on its outer edge provides the possibility of penetration of the green space into the wall of the building with depressions and in this way the area and the building are interwoven. At the same time, the green space has penetrated into the building through patios in different parts of the building. The exhibition section includes 5 galleries that introduce the historical periods of Gorgan region. These galleries are: "Four Climates and Legends", "Old Settlements and Historic City of Jurjan", "Gorgan Wall and Silence of Jurjan", "Estarabad, Road and Migration" and "Rainbow of People and these days’ Golestan"

The main idea in designing the site is to create openings in the green space that are connected to each other by defined paths. The formation and placement of these spatial centers is based on the distribution and density of existing trees. The museum building is located in a part of the site that has the lowest density of trees. The main opening in the site is a circular form that forms the central courtyard of the museum. The museum building is built on one floor around this courtyard. This circular form, which defines an empty space in the middle of the project, is the heart of the architectural and landscape space in which the entrance of the museum is located. In the entrance yard, a brick wall with a height of 10 meters will be built from the remaining bricks from the historical wall of Jurjan, which will be the main object of the museum in the entrance area and will be freely accessible and visited by the public. A gallery related to the historical part of Jurjan Wall has also been formed along this wall. The idea of building this symbolic wall and collecting historical bricks emphasizes the use of people's participation in the construction process, which will be effective in increasing people's sense of belonging and recognizing the historical values of the region.

The Golestan Grand Museum introduces innovative design elements that blend architecture and landscape: a circular central courtyard, a symbolic 10-meter brick wall from the historical Gorgan Wall, integrated green spaces through patios and depressions, a large coffee shop terrace overlooking native pine trees, and a specialized storage and preservation section with restoration, quarantine, laboratory, and research facilities.

Golestan Museum emphasizes cultural sustainability and public engagement: involving the public in building the symbolic wall to strengthen cultural awareness, preserving and restoring historical artifacts, using native trees to educate visitors about the region’s ecosystem, and providing publicly accessible open spaces for cultural and educational interaction.

The Golestan Grand Museum is designed with careful attention to scale, creating a harmonious relationship with its surroundings. The building covers 7,600 m² on a 2-hectare site, while the total museum area, including gardens and open spaces, exceeds 15,000 m². Its footprint allows for abundant green spaces that blend seamlessly with the architecture. The museum sits beside the 5-hectare Dariush Park, connecting the cultural site to the city. The storage and preservation section, spanning 1,700 m² over three floors, provides ample space for safely housing and studying the region’s rich collection of artifacts.