MITA (International Museum of Antique Carpet), inaugurated in Brescia (Italy) in October 2023, is devoted to the preservation, study and display of more than 1300 textiles from the 15^th to the beginning of the 20^th century. Essentially covering the history of the world’s manufacture of carpets, the artefacts come mostly from Asia, but also from Europe and North Africa. The Asian section especially includes the following areas: Persia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, India, China and Japan.