Kurdish Textile Museum

The Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum is a devoted to textiles and other cultural works produced in , especially in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2004 and is located in a renovated mansion in the southeast quarter of the in .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Iraqi Kurdistan Region about Kurdish heritage
  • Also known as: “Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum”
  • Address: أربيل, شارۆچکەی ناوەندیی هەولێر, پارێزگای هەولێر, کوردستان 44001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Citadel of Erbil and Erbil stones and gem stones museum.

Castle
Photo: jan kurdistani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of in the of . The citadel was added to the World Heritage List on 21 June 2014. is situated 150 metres northwest of Kurdish Textile Museum.

Museum
Erbil Stones and Gems Museum is a small museum located within the , at the heart of the city of , the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Marketplace
A is a type of covered bazaar typical of and . Arbil contains an extensive Qaysari, just south of the citadel in the center of town that was first established in the early 13th century AD. is situated 210 metres southwest of Kurdish Textile Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ankawa.

Town
is a suburb of in , Iraq. It is located 8 kilometres northwest of downtown Erbil. The suburb is predominantly populated by Christian Assyrians, most of whom adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church. is situated 4½ km north of Kurdish Textile Museum.

Kurdish Textile Museum

Latitude
36.19021° or 36° 11′ 25″ north
Longitude
44.01014° or 44° 0′ 37″ east
Open location code
8H8652R6+33
Open­Street­Map ID
way 488846779
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2302612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kurdish Textile Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف المنسوجات الكردية”
  • Arabic: “متحف النسيج الكوردي”
  • Arabic: “متحف النسيج و التراث الكردي”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ڕستن و چنین”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ڕستن و چنینی کوردی”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی کلتووری”
  • Dutch: “Kurdish Textile Museum”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi da Al’adu na Kurdawa”
  • Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ڕستن و چنینی کوردەواری”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Têxtil Curdo”
  • Spanish: “Museo textil kurdo”
  • Turkish: “Kürt Tekstil ve Kültür Müzesi”
  • Urdu: “کرد ٹیکسٹائل عجائب گھر”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Erbil Cultural Center and Grand Gate.

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