Hotel Farah Museum
Image View Description:
Exterior: Balcony overlooking Souk, facing North towards Mawlawi Street
Date:
built ca. 1923, renovated 2013-2015
Location:
Sulaymaniyah (Iraq), Slemani (Iraqi Kurdistan), as-Sulaymaniyah (Iraq)
Title Variant:
Kurdish Cultural Heritage Museum, Kurdish Heritage Revival Organization
Work Type:
architecture
Culture:
Kurdish, Iraqi
Style / Period:
British Mandatory Period, British Mandate Period
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments project
Digitized Media Source
Photographer:
Gabriel Rodriguez
Notes:

One of the oldest structures in Sulaymaniyah, the Hotel Farah was built in the 1920's and was purchased by the Directorate of Antiquities of Sulaimaniyah in 2006. The first floor of the building is occupied by shops. The second floor of the hotel has now become the headquarters of the Kurdish Cultural Revival Organization and houses a museum.

Record ID:
1718_mmm2017_hotelfarah_img_012
Link to Full Record
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Department of Art History and Archaeology
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