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Mosul Cultural Museum
Musée de Mossoul
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    • Mosul and its Museum
      • Mosul
      • A Major City in Northern Iraq
      • A Multicultural City with an Exceptional Heritage
      • Nineveh, a Major Archaeological Site facing Mosul
      • Mosul in the Medieval and Modern Periods
      • The Birth of a Museum
      • The Premises
      • Teams at the Museum
      • The Current Museum
      • The Construction of the Current Museum
      • The Architect Mohamed Makiya
      • The Museum Open to the Public
    • The Disaster of Destruction
      • 2003 to 2017: Dark Times
      • 2003 to 2014: A Closed Museum
      • June 2014 to July 2017: Mosul Occupied by Daesh
      • Mosul after its Liberation in 2017
      • Mosul, a Battered City
      • A Museum of Shadows and Ashes
    • The Destruction of Archaeological Sites
  • Great Archaeological Sites
    • Rehabilitating the Mosul Cultural Museum
    • An Ambitious International Rehabilitation Project
      • First Major Steps
      • The First Steps of the Project
      • Planning the Actions
    • Restoring the Works of Art
      • Towards the Rebirth of the Museum
      • Restoring the Building
      • Training and Expertise
  • Legal Notices
    • Mosul Cultural Museum Collections and Legendary Sites
    • Historical Overview of the Region
      • The Origins of Mesopotamia
      • The Prehistory of Northern Mesopotamia
      • Nineveh and the Bronze Age
      • The Glory of the Assyrian Empire
      • A Major Empire
      • Nimrud
      • Balawat
      • Khorsabad
      • Niniveh
      • Late Antiquity and the City of Hatra
      • Between East and West in Late Antiquity
      • Sculpture at Hatra
      • The Islamic Period
      • Mosul and Iraq in the Islamic Period
      • Wooden Furniture in the Shrines
    • Resources
    • Multimedia Library
    • Website Map
    • Glossary
  • Partners
  • Credits

Musée de Mossoul

Remarkable for its architecture and collections, the Mosul Cultural Museum is the second most important in Iraq after the one in Baghdad. Since its foundation in 1952 and until its destruction by Daesh in 2015, its history is intimately linked to that of Mosul and its region. The museum, like the city, is now facing the challenges of reconstruction in order to be reborn as a highly symbolic place where the multi-millennial and multi-cultural history of Mosul and Iraq could be discovered.

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  • Home
  • Mosul and its Museum
    • Mosul
      • A Major City in Northern Iraq
      • A Multicultural City with an Exceptional Heritage
      • Nineveh, a Major Archaeological Site facing Mosul
      • Mosul in the Medieval and Modern Periods
    • The Birth of a Museum
      • The Premises
      • Teams at the Museum
    • The Current Museum
      • The Construction of the Current Museum
      • The Architect Mohamed Makiya
      • The Museum Open to the Public
  • The Disaster of Destruction
    • 2003 to 2017: Dark Times
      • 2003 to 2014: A Closed Museum
      • June 2014 to July 2017: Mosul Occupied by Daesh
    • Mosul after its Liberation in 2017
      • Mosul, a Battered City
      • A Museum of Shadows and Ashes
    • The Destruction of Archaeological Sites
  • Great Archaeological Sites
  • Rehabilitating the Mosul Cultural Museum
    • An Ambitious International Rehabilitation Project
    • First Major Steps
      • The First Steps of the Project
      • Planning the Actions
    • Restoring the Works of Art
    • Towards the Rebirth of the Museum
      • Restoring the Building
      • Training and Expertise
  • Legal Notices
  • Mosul Cultural Museum Collections and Legendary Sites
    • Historical Overview of the Region
    • The Origins of Mesopotamia
      • The Prehistory of Northern Mesopotamia
      • Nineveh and the Bronze Age
    • The Glory of the Assyrian Empire
      • A Major Empire
      • Nimrud
      • Balawat
      • Khorsabad
      • Niniveh
    • Late Antiquity and the City of Hatra
      • Between East and West in Late Antiquity
      • Sculpture at Hatra
    • The Islamic Period
      • Mosul and Iraq in the Islamic Period
      • Wooden Furniture in the Shrines
  • Resources
    • Multimedia Library
    • Website Map
    • Glossary
  • Partners
  • Credits
Mosul and its Museum
  • Mosul
  • The Birth of a Museum
  • The Current Museum
The Disaster of Destruction
  • 2003 to 2017: Dark Times
  • Mosul after its Liberation in 2017
  • The Destruction of Archaeological Sites
Rehabilitating the Mosul Cultural Museum
  • An Ambitious International Rehabilitation Project
  • First Major Steps
  • Restoring the Works of Art
  • Towards the Rebirth of the Museum
Mosul Cultural Museum Collections and Legendary Sites
  • Historical Overview of the Region
  • The Origins of Mesopotamia
  • The Glory of the Assyrian Empire
  • Late Antiquity and the City of Hatra
  • The Islamic Period

Ressources

  • Media library
  • Site map
  • Glossary

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  • Partners
  • Credits
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