Excursion in museum of carpet in Ashgabad.

"The Carpet Museum in Ashgabat is unique, it houses about eight thousand hand-made carpets of the best model of all time, the oldest of which belongs to the XVIIth century. One of the most valuable exhibits of the museum is the Turkmen Kalba carpet with the total area of 193.5 square meters, created in 1941 - 1942"

Individual excursions across Turkmenistan.

The national museum of Turkmen carpet was created in Ashkhabad by presidential decree in 1993.The museum was opened in order to recreate and preserve the national traditions of Turkmen carpet-weaving and also for carpet popularization of Turkmenistan.
It was designed for the collection of the best samples of carpet art,study,restoration and farther development  of a manual carpet-weaving.Now the.Now the museum has up to 8000 different exhibits,the smallest carpet is 0,01 sq.metre and that which is considered as the biggest one in the world is 301 sq.metre,entered the Guiness Book of Records in 2003.
There are also silk carpets in the museum which were woven by skilled craftsmen 3 - 4 centuries ago.
The National museum of Turkmen carpet is one of the cultural  centers in Turkmenistan.In addition to the above-mentioned the museum has rarities of woven carpets.It is not only an exhibition of carpets but also the biggest hall restoration of ancient samples in the country.
The Carpet Museum in Ashgabat is unique, it houses about eight thousand hand-made carpets of the best model of all time, the oldest of which belongs to the XVIIth century. One of the most valuable exhibits of the museum is the Turkmen Kalba carpet with the total area of 193.5 square meters, created in 1941 - 1942.
Another largest carpet in the world is the Golden Age carpet with the area of 301 square. m, created in honor of the 10th anniversary of the independence of Turkmenistan. It has been woven by 40 carpetmakers from the district center Baharden for 8 months, and was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the world`s largest handmade carpet.
In another showroom there is an antique Turkmen village reproduced in every historical detail, where ancient carpet art models are shown. On the second floor there are the best works of the modern carpetmakers, collected from all the provinces of Turkmenistan.
158, the hero of Turkmenistan Atamyrat Niyazov Avenue, Ashgabat. Tel. 44-68-00, 44-68-03, 44-68-09. Management working hours from 9:00 a.m. till 18:00 p.m. On Saturday till 15:00 p.m.
Break time from 13:00 p.m. till 14:00 p.m. Day off: Sunday. Bus: 1, 9, 13, 23, 34, 57, 55, 37

Authority:
On materials of information department of the State committee of Turkmenistan on tourism and sport.

Alexander Petrov
photos.