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Kurdish Textile Museum, Erbil

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At Kurdish Textile Museum, get a feel for Kurdish history and culture by inspecting a colorful diversity of textile artworks. Located on the top floor of a local citadel, the museum's picturesque setting thematically complements the exhibits. Explore the museum's two floors and you’ll see numerous items made according to the Kurdish tribes’ tradition, including carpets, rugs, tapestries, hats, and other examples of various fabrics, all of which once formed part of a private collection. After you’ve finished your tour, explore the rest of the citadel. Arrange your visit to Kurdish Textile Museum and discover more family-friendly attractions in Erbil using our Erbil journey builder.
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  • By tinabI747QT
    Hiiii The museum the best one in the iraq have weather we are some times visited there with our friends.  more »
  • By Psotik
    Not a huge place, but it cost only a 1000ID (less than 1$). It will give you a glimpse of how Kurdish people were producing their textiles traditionally, how they were colouring them and how the...  more »
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  • By Twana Mohamed
    Its a place of our Kurdish heritage it has a lot of costume fabric materials i give it five stars because their stuff are the best
  • By Jamal Siddiqui
    Amazing place to learn history
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