Established | Mid-1960s |
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Location | Hawler, Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
Type | Archaeological museum |
Collections | It houses artifacts which date back to the pre-historic period to the late Islamic period. |
The Erbil Civilization Museum (Kurdish: مۆزەخانەی شارستانیی ھەولێر, Arabic: متحف أربيل الحضاري) is an archeological museum which is located within the city of Hawler, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. It is the second largest museum in Iraqi Kurdistan, after the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Sulaymaniyah Governorate in terms of contents and collections. It houses artifacts which date back to the pre-historic period to the late Abbasid period.