موزه فرش ایران | |
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Established | 11 February 1978 |
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Location | Laleh Park Tehran, Iran |
Coordinates | 35°42′40″N51°23′25″E / 35.7112°N 51.3904°E |
Type | Art museum |
Website | carpetmuseum |
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.
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.