Carpet Museum of Iran
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Tehran, Iran
- Also known as: “Carpet Museum (mwzh frsh)” and “Carpet Museum (موزه فرش)”
- Address: کارگر شمالی
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tehran Museum Of Contemporary Art and Laleh Park.
Tehran Museum Of Contemporary Art
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th-century's world-class European and American paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures. Tehran Museum Of Contemporary Art is situated 280 metres south of Carpet Museum of Iran.
Laleh Park
Park
Photo: Jonathan Lundqvist, CC BY 2.0.
Laleh Park, formerly called Farah Park after Farah Diba, is a large recreation area in Tehran, Iran. Laleh is the Persian word for tulip, which is also a popular symbol in Iranian culture.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
University
Photo: Ahmadrizo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences is the largest and most highly ranked medical university of Iran. In September 2008, Iran's Minister of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education, Lankarani, called TUMS a pioneer in research throughout the country with a noticeable lead over its peers. Tehran University of Medical Sciences is situated 1 km south of Carpet Museum of Iran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include District 6 and Tehran.
Tehran
Photo: Sasan Geranmehr, CC BY 3.0.
Tehran, is the capital city of Iran. A bustling metropolis of 14 million people, it sits at the foot of the towering Alborz mountain range. Tehran is a cosmopolitan city, with great museums, parks, restaurants, and warm friendly people.
Monirieh
Neighborhood
Carpet Museum of Iran
- Categories: national museum, textile museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Tehran, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.71397° or 35° 42′ 50″ northLongitude
51.3906° or 51° 23′ 26″ eastElevation
1,254 metres (4,114 feet)Open location code
8H7HP97R+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 641200651OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Carpet Museum of Iran” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف السجاد في إيران”
- Armenian: “Գորգերի թանգարան”
- Belarusian: “Музей дываноў”
- Bulgarian: “Музей на персийския килим в Иран”
- Chinese: “地毯博物馆”
- Dutch: “Tapijtenmuseum”
- Esperanto: “Tapiŝa Muzeo de Irano”
- French: “musée du tapis”
- French: “Musée du Tapis”
- German: “Iranisches Teppichmuseum”
- Gilaki: “فرش ایران موزه”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון השטיחים של איראן”
- Italian: “Museo del tappeto dell’Iran”
- Korean: “카펫박물관”
- Persian: “موزه فرش ایران”
- Russian: “Музей ковров”
- Spanish: “Museo de la alfombra de Teherán”
- Swedish: “Irans mattmuseum”
- Turkish: “İran Halı Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Музей килимів Ірану”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carpet Museum of Iran”. Photo: Mahmoud Hashemi, CC BY-SA 2.0.