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.
موزه فرش ایران | |
Established | 11 February 1978 |
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Location | Laleh Park Tehran, Iran |
Coordinates | 35°42′40″N 51°23′25″E / 35.7112°N 51.3904°E |
Type | Art museum |
Website | carpetmuseum |
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
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edit- ^ "Carpet museum of iran". 21 September 2019.
External links
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- 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