Museums & galleriesMosul, Iraq

Mosul Museum

Archaeological museum in Mosul, Iraq.

About

The Mosul Museum is the second largest museum in Iraq after the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. It was heavily looted during the 2003 Iraq War. Founded in 1952, the museum consisted of a small hall until a new building was opened in 1972, containing ancient Assyrian artifacts.

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36.33786, 43.13941 · Mosul

Nearby

Great Mosque of al-NuriReligious sites
1.3 km
Al-Nabi Yunus MosqueReligious sites
2.1 km
Bash Tapia CastleHistory & heritage
2.5 km
NinevehHistory & heritage
2.7 km
Dair Mar EliaReligious sites
5.1 km
Tepe GawraHistory & heritage
19 km

Photo credits (6)

Great Mosque of al-Nuri: Ennolenze · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque: Younis ziyad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Bash Tapia Castle: Eng Omer Akram · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Nineveh: Photo by Fredarch. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Dair Mar Elia: Doug · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Tepe Gawra: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons