Welcome to
Syriac Heritage Museum
The Syriac Heritage Museum in Erbil welcomes visitors of all ages and invites them to imagine, design and implement the future. Take part in a journey to explore new horizons of the future and bring hope and knowledge back to our present.
The historical phases
The historical mural that was created by Nineb Lamassu and Georgina Hababa based on historical resources and in cooperation with Dr. Parwin Badri Tawfiq, a specialist in the history of monasteries and Father Jinan Shamil, a specialist in church history, this mural tops the main exhibition hall in the Syriac Heritage Museum, to provide the honorable visitor with extensive information on the history and civilization of these ancient people passed through successive historical stages: beginning with the era of the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and then Chaldean empires. It is followed by the Aramaic period, and then the Christian period, which includes a map that describes the spread of Christianity to our country, the persecution of Christianity, then the contributions of the most famous fathers of the Church, as well as the history of the origins and historical roots of our language.
The mural also addresses the entrance of Islam, then the Rashidun, Umayyad, then Abbasid, down to the dark periods and the era of the Ottoman Empire. The mural also allocates an important part to talk about the sayfo massacres of 1915.
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Discover
Although you may not be able to travel and visit us, you can still enjoy a virtual visit through this website of the museum, where you can now travel without a passport, to see its holdings and have a look at all the items that our museum offers the opportunity to see and learn about, in its various corners and sections that consists of: (agricultural, household, cultural, musical and historical, in addition to the folk costumes section and many other sections).
