The Carpet Museum of Iran

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Carpet Museum of Iran, Tehran
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Carpet Museum of Iran, Tehran

Located in Tehran, beside the Laleh Park, and founded in 1976, the Carpet Museum of Iran exhibits a variety of Persian carpets from all over Iran, dating from 18th century to present.

The museum's exhibition hall occupies 3,400 square meters (10,200 ft²) and its library contains 7,000 books. The white structure of the museum itself is designed to look like a carpet being woven on a loom.

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