Mosul Museum

Mosul Museum
متحف الموصل
	Views around the Mosul Museum in the old city of Mosul in 2019 during the summer, following war with the Islamic State
	Location within Mosul
Former name	Mosul Museum of History
Established	1952
Location	Mosul, Iraq
Coordinates	36°20′17″N 43°08′22″E / 36.337923°N 43.139372°E
Type	National History Museum
Collections	2,200 objects
Director	Zaid Ghazi Saadallah
Owner	Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

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.

^ Mosul descends into chaos as even museum is looted. The Guardian. April 12, 2003
^ Unesco inspection finds no evidence of recent looting in Northern Iraq Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine The Art Newspaper
^ Riyadh Mohammed (26 Feb 2015). "ISIS Destroys Second Largest Museum in Iraq". The Fiscal Times.

[1] Mosul descends into chaos as even museum is looted. The Guardian. April 12, 2003

[2] Unesco inspection finds no evidence of recent looting in Northern Iraq Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine The Art Newspaper

[3] Riyadh Mohammed (26 Feb 2015). "ISIS Destroys Second Largest Museum in Iraq". The Fiscal Times.

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