Iraq: Navel of the World

Learning more ...

... about Iraq in the Ashmolean Museum

Hundreds of Iraqi objects, including almost everything on this website, are displayed in Drapers Gallery, the Reitlinger Gallery, and the Heberden Coin Room of the Ashmolean Museum. The museum's website gives information about opening times and special events.

The Creswell Photographic Archive has its own website too.

... about other museums with Iraqi exhibits

The British Museum, London
The Louvre Museum, Paris
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Museum für Islamische Kunst and Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
The Iraq Museum, Baghdad, will be online soon

The Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago
Ancient Near East and Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum, New York
The Royal Tombs of Ur at the University Museum, Philadelphia

... about ancient Iraq

ABZU: guide to Internet resources on the Ancient Near East, at the University of Chicago
Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia at the University of Chicago
Mesopotamia at the British Museum

... about pre-modern Iraq

Visions of Iraq: Topography and Historical Monuments at Oberlin College, Ohio
Iraq (Mesopotamia) 500-1000 AD and Iraq 1000-1400 AD at the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Samarra Archeological Survey at the University of Durham

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