Carpet Museum of Iran

Carpet Museum of Iran

موزه فرش ایران
Location within Tehran
Established	11 February 1978
Location	Laleh Park Tehran, Iran
Coordinates	35°42′40″N 51°23′25″E / 35.7112°N 51.3904°E / 35.7112; 51.3904
Type	Art museum
Website	carpetmuseum.ir

The Carpet Museum of Iran is a museum located beside Laleh Park in Tehran, Iran. It 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) and its library contains approximately 7,000 books.^[1] The museum was designed by the architect Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian.

Gallery

See also

• Iran National Heritage Organization
• List of museums in Iran

References

External links

• Website of the Carpet Museum of Iran Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
• About the Carpet Museum of Iran
• Carpet Museum in Contemporary Architecture of Iran's Official website