Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums

Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums
المديرية العامة للآثار والمتاحف

Coat of arms of Syria
Agency overview
Formed	1946
Jurisdiction	Syrian Arab Republic
Headquarters	Damascus
Agency executive	Mohammad Nazir Awad, Director-General
Parent department	Ministry of Culture
Parent agency	Government of Syria
Website	www.dgam.gov.sy

The Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums (DGAM); Arabic: المديرية العامة للآثار والمتاحف, French: La Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées) is a Syrian government-owned agency that is responsible for the protection, promotion and excavation activities in all sites of national heritage in the country. The Directorate was established shortly after Syria's independence in 1946 under the central supervision of the Ministry of Culture.^[1]