Famous carpets have been inspiring people to buy their own carpets so that their own rooms may have the same majestic, rich feel. Below are some museums displaying the most beautiful, historical carpets from different parts of the world.
- The Carpet Museum of Iran – A museum in Tehran with a building that represents carpet-weaving loom features Pazyryk carpets woven in the 5th century B.C. and tree design carpets woven in the 17th century.
- Rassam Carpet Museum – Found in Tehran, this museum offers weaving educational workshops where students are required to have their own designs and tools organized by Tehran City and Cultural Heritage organization.
- Istanbul Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum – Turkey’s carpet museum containing the richest collection of carpet art in the world. It has rare Seljuk carpets, prayer rugs and 15th century animal figured carpets
- Isparta Museum – A museum in Turkey divided into four main rooms: Archeology, Treasure, Ethnography and Carpet. The Carpet Hall has carpets from the 17th – 20th centuries hailing from lots of carpet centres in Turkey.
- Fogg Art Museum – The oldest art museum in Harvard University, U.S. contains intricately designed rug donations from 18th century New England rug collector Denman Waldo Ross.
- Museum of Fine Arts – A museum in Boston which contains ancient Egyptian to contemporary carpets.
- Victoria and Albert Museum – A museum in U.K. which features European textiles such as woven, printed and embroidered textiles, lace, tapestries and carpets.
- Museum für Islamische Kunst – A museum in Germany which translates to ‘Museum of Islamic Art ‘, it houses ceramic vessels, metalwork, carvings in wood and bone, glass, textiles, and carpets.
- Hermitage Museum – A museum in St. Petersburg, Russia containing paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of carpets, applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.
