Carpet Museum of Iran

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Carpet Museum of Iran
موزه فرش ایران
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Location within Tehran
Established11 February 1978
Location Laleh Park
Tehran, Iran
Coordinates 35°42′40″N51°23′25″E / 35.7112°N 51.3904°E / 35.7112; 51.3904
Type Art museum
Website carpetmuseum.ir
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Displays in the Museum, 2011

Located beside Laleh Park in Tehran the Carpet Museum of Iran was established by the order of Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi in 1976 to exhibit a variety of Persian carpets from all over Iran.

Contents

The museum's exhibition hall occupies 3,400 square metres (37,000 sq ft)[ citation needed ] and its library contains approximately 7,000 books. [1] The museum was designed by architect Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian.

See also

References

  1. "Carpet museum of iran". 21 September 2019.