The museum of carpet is the only museum in the uk dedicated to carpets and carpet manufacture and the only museum and gallery space in kidderminster.
Carpet museum uk.
Located in tehran beside laleh park and founded in 1976 the carpet museum of iran exhibits a variety of persian carpets from all over iran dating from the 16th century to the present.
Through a series of displays interactives and working demonstrations the museum keeps alive the heritage of carpet making.
The museum was designed by architect abdol aziz mirza farmanfarmaian.
A caring museum.
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Anthea who explained the looms to us was superb.
The shaykh was a sufi leader ancestor of shah ismail.
We had a real surprise visiting the museum of the carpet.
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It is this lovely wool we use to make our multipurpose coarse thick cloth from.
A history lesson the birthplace of carpet in the united kingdom at the carpet museum kidderminster.
Our team of hand loom weavers demonstrate 10am 1pm while power loom demonstrations run at 12pm tuesdays wednesdays thursdays and saturdays and are subject to volunteer availability.
We keep safe a stunning collection of carpet designs and working machinery.
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The museum of carpet has lots for you to enjoy as you discover over 300 years of kidderminster s integral history.
Museum collections archive and library.
It was made in the town of ardabil in north west iran the burial place of shaykh safi al din ardabili who died in 1334.
The ardabil carpet is the world s oldest dated carpet and one of the largest most beautiful and historically important.
The herd of sheep is being driven down to get shaven.
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It is a warm summer afternoon and the sun is beating down on the kidderminster hills.