This museum is located on the Karkh side at the square named after its name. The Iraqi Museum includes the relics of the peoples that inhabited Mesopotamia from time immemorial in antiquity until the Arab and Islamic eras, i.e. the oldest civilizations in prehistoric times, then the civilizations of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Seleucids, Hadrians, the period of the Arabs of the Hera and the Islamic Arabic ages. The antiquities were organized in the museum halls according to the chronology of these civilizations.
The museum has a library full of topics of ancient history and civilizations in particular, in addition to various ancient arts and in various languages. This museum is considered one of the most important antiquities museums in the world in terms of its inclusion of various cultural roles.
