Kurdish Heritage Foundation of America, also known as Kurdish Library and Museum, was a cultural organization based in

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. It collected items related to Kurdish

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to ...

and

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

. Its library contained around 3,000 volumes on Kurdish-related subjects. The museum was focused on Kurdish art and

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. This organization was founded by Vera Beaudin Saeedpour in 1981. She was the widow of ''Homayoun Saeedpour'', a

Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...

from

Sanandaj Sanandaj ( Persian: سنندج, ; ku, سنە, Sine, often romanized as Senneh, is the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city. Sa ...

, Iran. The Library was established in 1986, and the Museum was opened in 1988. The library published two scholarly research journals:

International Journal of Kurdish Studies The ''International Journal of Kurdish Studies'' () is an academic journal published by the Kurdish Library, and was edited by Vera Beaudin Saeedpour. It publishes scholarly articles about Kurdish culture, literature, and history History ( ...

and ''Kurdish Life''. After Vera Beaudin Saeedpour died in 2010, the contents of the museum were donated to

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{{Authority control Museums in Brooklyn Ethnic museums in New York City Libraries in Brooklyn Kurdish-American history Kurdish organisations Defunct museums in New York City Middle Eastern-American culture in New York City Museums established in 1988 1988 establishments in New York City Museums disestablished in 2010 2010 disestablishments in New York (state) Prospect Heights, Brooklyn History of the Kurdish people

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