Hi, you may ask taxi driver to take you to Laleh Park ( or say in Farsi that " Man mikha ham be Park_e Laleh beravam"). When you are in Laleh Park, you may ask anyone about Carpet Museum (or say in Farsi: Man mikha ham be Mozeh_e Farsh be ravam).

I assume that when the term Persian carpet was coined, Iran was known as Persia. However, you can use both Iranian carpets and Persian carpets, they both refer to the same thing. Persian just sounds more 'exotic'.

Persian refer to old Iranian Empire which include Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and some parts of the other countries. But, normally when somebody talk about Persian carpet, it normally refer to Iranian carpet.

Well you can read information until the cows come home IF that floats your boat .All the technical and historical stuff is on the web or in the library . However IF you want the general interesting information you go to one of their private auctions . They go through 30 carpets and all different and give you the sales pitch hoping you wiil bid when they do the reverse sale and SELL . This is a wonderful experience.... and you do not have to buy but need to be strong and able to say NO .IF you buy then be very diligent with the card details and keep your receipt and warranty as I found some little person tried to diddle me by changing the sales docket ... I won but it was a tough fight so be careful always when in a foreign country ..