National Museum of Iraq
#117🏺 Archaeology & AntiquityBaghdad, Iraq

National Museum of Iraq

Mesopotamia's homecoming

About the museum

After looting during the 2003 invasion, the Iraq Museum has gradually reopened with returned and recovered artefacts from Sumer, Akkad, Babylon and Assyria.

Must-see highlights

  • ◆Warka Vase
  • ◆Lady of Warka head
  • ◆Lyres of Ur
  • ◆Assyrian reliefs
  • ◆Hatra sculptures

Recognition

🏆 Cultural recovery story

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