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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

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) and its library contains approximately 7,000 books. The museum was designed by architect Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian.

See also

• Iran National Heritage Organization
• List of museums in Iran

References

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

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

v t e Tehran province, Iran
Capital	Tehran
Counties and cities	Baharestan County Nasim Shahr Golestan Salehieh Damavand County Damavand Abali Absard Kilan Rudehen Eslamshahr County Ahmadabad-e Mostowfi Eslamshahr Chahardangeh Firuzkuh County Firuzkuh Arjomand Malard County Malard Safadasht Pakdasht County Pakdasht Sharifabad Pardis County Pardis Bumehen Pishva County Pishva Qarchak County Qarchak Qods County Qods Ray County Rey Baqershahr Hasanabad Kahrizak Robat Karim County Robat Karim Parand Nasirabad Shahriar County Shahriar Andisheh Baghestan Ferdowsieh Sabashahr Shahedshahr Vahidieh Shemiranat County Shemiran Fasham Lavasan Tajrish Tehran County Tehran Varamin County Varamin Javadabad
Landmarks	Azadi Tower Bahman Cultural Center Tabiat Bridge Carpet Museum of Iran Dizin Ebn-e Babooyeh Golestan Palace Grand Bazaar, Tehran Iranian Crown Jewels Malik National Museum of Iran Milad Tower National Museum of Iran Niavaran Complex Pearl Palace Sa'dabad Complex Shebeli Tower Shemshak (ski resort) Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine Tangeh Savashi Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Toopkhaneh Tughrul Tower Reza Abbasi Museum St. Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church St. George Church
Populated places	List of cities, towns and villages in Tehran province
^* indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.

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