The Syriac Heritage Museum is a museum in

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

, in the Kurdistan Region of

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. The museum is one of the most significant museums in the city of Erbil. It is located within the Christian neighbourhood of

Ankawa Ankawa ( ar, عنكاوا, Ankāwā; , syr, ܥܲܢܟܵܒ̣ܵܐ) is a suburb of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is located northwest of downtown Erbil. The suburb is predominantly populated by Assyrian people, Assyrians, most of whom a ...

overlooking the ancient Qasra hill. The museum received permission from the Kurdistan Regional Government to begin construction in 2009 and it opened in 2015. The museum maintains and displays the cultural heritage of the Syriac people through a number of exhibits, as well as a cultural hall that contains pictures and profiles of prominent historical figures. The museum also displays a model of the Ankawa neighbourhood as it was from the 1920s to 1950s. The collection of the museum has been digitized and can be viewed on the museum website. The manuscript collection of East Syriac manuscripts has been digitised in partnership with the Centre Numérique des Manuscrits Orientaux (CNMO).

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