Iraqi National Museum

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archaeological museum history museum museum

The Iraqi National Museum is Iraq’s premier archaeological and historical museum, renowned for its vast collection of Mesopotamian artifacts and its role in preserving the cultural heritage of ancient civilizations such as Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria.

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Baghdad Museum 1
Iraq Museum 1
Iraqi Museum complex 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological museum ⓘ
history museum ⓘ
museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
surface form: Baghdad Museum

Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Museum of Iraq
country Iraq ⓘ
foundedBy Gertrude Bell ⓘ
hasCollection Akkadian artifacts ⓘ
Assyrian artifacts ⓘ
Babylonian artifacts ⓘ
Islamic-period artifacts ⓘ
Mesopotamian artifacts ⓘ
Sumerian artifacts ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
coins ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
jewelry ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
prehistoric artifacts ⓘ
reliefs ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
hasMission preservation of Iraqi cultural heritage ⓘ
public education about ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
research in archaeology and history ⓘ
hasPart Assyrian galleries ⓘ
Islamic art section ⓘ
Sumerian galleries ⓘ
conservation laboratories ⓘ
library ⓘ
prehistoric section ⓘ
heritageFocus Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Babylon ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Baghdad ⓘ
Iraqi National Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Museum complex

Karkh District ⓘ
operatedBy Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Iraq ⓘ
reopened 2009 ⓘ
2015 ⓘ
significantFor Mesopotamian archaeology ⓘ
cultural heritage of Iraq ⓘ
study of ancient Near East ⓘ
subjectOf 2003 looting of the National Museum of Iraq ⓘ
sufferedEvent damage during 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
looting in 2003 ⓘ

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Iraqi National Museum → alsoKnownAs → Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Museum of Iraq
Iraqi National Museum → alsoKnownAs → Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baghdad Museum
Nineveh → artifactsHeldAt → Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq Museum
Baghdad → hasLandmark → Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
Iraqi National Museum → locatedIn → Iraqi National Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Museum complex