 Main hall of the Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum | |
  Location in Arbil | |
| Established | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Location | Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan  |
| Coordinates | 36°11′24″N44°00′35″E / 36.190123°N 44.009739°E |
| Type | Textile |
| Visitors | 56369 (2008) |
The Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum is a museum devoted to textiles produced in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established in 2004 and is located in a renovated mansion in the southeast quarter of the Citadel of Arbil.
https://www.academia.edu/91593333/Kurdish_Textiles_Museum_in_Erbil_Citadel
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