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Carpet Museum of Iran

Coordinates: 35°42′40″N 51°23′25″E / 35.7112°N 51.3904°E / 35.7112; 51.3904
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Carpet Museum of Iran
موزه فرش ایران
Carpet Museum of Iran is located in Tehran
Carpet Museum of Iran
Location within Tehran
Established11 February 1978
LocationLaleh Park
Tehran, Iran
Coordinates35°42′40″N 51°23′25″E / 35.7112°N 51.3904°E / 35.7112; 51.3904
TypeArt museum
Websitecarpetmuseum.ir
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.

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.

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References

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