Sulaymaniyah Museum

The Sulaymaniayh Museum is an archeological museum that's positioned inside coronary heart of the metropolis of Sulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is also referred to as Slemani Museum or Sulaimaniya Museum. It is the second biggest museum in Iraq, after the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad in terms of contents. It homes artifacts which date returned to the pre-historic period to the late Islamic and Ottoman intervals. The museum closed for refurbishment on October 1, 2018 and is anticipated to be opened to the general public with the aid of the end of 2019.

The Museum turned into opened formally on July 14, 1961. Initially, it turned into composed of a small building inside the Shorsh District. After numerous years, the Museum obtained a brand new and massive building in the heart of Salim Street within the 12 months 1980 CE. The present day building has a place of 6000 square meters and is a one-tale building. The artifacts are displayed in one small corridor and large and long halls that are related by a rectangular-formed and open lecture hall. During the Iraq-Iran generation, the Museum turned into closed totally to the general public.