Sulaymaniyah Museum

The Slemani Museum
School children visiting the Sulaymaniyah Museum
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EstablishedJuly 14, 1961
LocationSulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
TypeArchaeological museum
DirectorHashim Hama Abdullah
Websiteslemanimuseum.org

The Sulaymaniyah Museum (Kurdish: مۆزه‌خانه‌ی سلێمانی; Arabic: متحف السليمانية), or Slemani Museum, is an archeological museum located in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is the second largest museum in Iraq, after the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad.[1] It houses artifacts dating from the prehistoric period to the late Islamic and Ottoman periods. Several halls of the museum have undergone renovation work and the museum was closed to the public for refurbishment from October 1, 2018, to October 2019.

  1. ^ "Sulaymaniyah Museum opens its first renovated halls to public". UNESCO. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2021-04-02.

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