Fine Rug Museums

The art of carpets is one of the oldest art forms in the world. The first carpet dates back to the fifth century BCE, native to the steppes region (China or Iran). Ancient carpets are actually on display at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Today we find carpets exhibited in many museums around the world. Below you will find the names of some museums dedicated to this art on every continent.

• Europe
• Asia/Oceania
• North America

Europe

The Rug & Textile Arts Museum
Site Bargoin
45 Ballainvilliers Street
63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
TEL: 04 73 42 69 70
museoartpremier.com

The Museum of Carpet
Stour Vale Mill, Green Street
Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY10 1AZ
UK
TEL: 01562 69028
carpetmuseum.co.uk

Victoria and Albert Museum
(Room 42: Islamic Art)
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
UK
TEL: +44 (0)20 7942 2000
vam.ac.uk

The State Hermitage Museum (Ground Floor)
Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 34
190000 St Petersburg, Russia
hermitagemuseum.org

Abegg-Stiftung Museum
Werner Abeggstrasse 67,
CH-3132 Rigisberg, Switzerland
TEL: 0041 (0)31 808 1201
abegg-stiftung.ch

Asia & Oceania

Carpet Museum of Iran
Dr. Fatemi St
Tehran, Iran
TEL: +98 21 88962703
carpetmuseum.ir

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
Mikayıl Useynov av., 28
Baku 370000
Azerbaijan
TEL: +99 (412) 4930 501
azcarpetmuseum.az

Turkmen Carpet Museum
5 Gorogly Street
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Vakiflar Carpet and Kilim Museum
34122 Sultanahmet
Istanbul, Turkey
TEL: +902 1251 81330

Museum of Islamic Art
Corniche
2777 Doha, Qatar
TEL: +974 4422 4444
mia.org.qa

North America

Denver Art Museum (Room 6: North Building)
100 W 14th Ave Pkwy
Denver, CO 80204
USA
TEL: 720 865 5000
denverartmuseum.org

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Room 450 to 464: Islamic Art)
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
USA
TEL: 212 535 7710
metmuseum.org

Textile Museum of Canada
55, Centre Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2H5
Canada
TEL: 416 599 5321
textilemuseum.ca

The Textile Museum
701 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
USA
TEL: 202 667 0441
textilemuseum.org

de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
USA
TEL: 415 750 3600
deyoung.famsf.org