The Sulaymaniyah Museum, 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. 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.
School children visiting the Sulaymaniyah Museum
The Paikuli Gallery at the Sulaymaniyah Museum, final preparations before official opening
Slemani Museum Kids
Three days before the official inauguration of Narseh Gallery at Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan
Sulaymaniyah or Slemani, is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar (Ezmer), Goizha (Goyje) and Qaiwan (Qeywan) Mountains in the northeast, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluja Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with very hot dry summers and cold wet winters.
Image: View of Sulaimani Slemani City in Southern Kurdistan in Spring 2016
Image: Interior, the Kurd's Heritage Museum, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Image: Sulaymaniyah rotanahotel
Image: Romanian amphitheater sulaymaniyah
