Erbil Civilization Museum
مۆزەخانەی شارستانیی ھەولێر | |
Erbil Civilization Museum | |
| Established | 1 January 1960 |
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| Location | Hawler, Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 36°10′38″N 44°00′48″E / 36.1772°N 44.0134°E |
| Type | Archaeological museum |
| Key holdings | Incense burner (Hurrian period, 1300-1000 BC), Temple foundation cone of Gudea (Ur III period), Pottery jar from Halaf period (4900-4300 BC), among others. |
| Collections | Artifacts from the pre-historic period to the late Islamic period, including Mesopotamian, Urartian, Assyrian, and Islamic items. |
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.