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Mosul Museum
National History Museum in Mosul, Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mosul Museum (Arabic: متحف الموصل) is the second largest museum in Iraq after the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. It was heavily looted during the 2003 Iraq War.[1][2] Founded in 1952, the museum consisted of a small hall until a new building was opened in 1972, containing ancient Assyrian artifacts.[3] The museums net worth and content value are around 50 to 80 to 250 million[clarification needed] according to museum specialists during 2013 at least. Hikmat Al-Aswad was the director from 2004 to 2011. The current director is Zaid Ghazi Saadallah.
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متحف الموصل | |
![]() Views around the Mosul Museum in the old city of Mosul in 2019 during the summer, following war with the Islamic State | |
Former name | Mosul Museum of History |
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Established | 1952 (1952) |
Location | Mosul, Iraq |
Coordinates | 36.337923°N 43.139372°E / 36.337923; 43.139372 |
Type | National History Museum |
Collections | 2,200 objects |
Director | Zaid Ghazi Saadallah |
Owner | Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities |
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