Project status

Past

Lead organisation

The Friends of Basrah Museum (FOBM)

Partners

The Department of Antiquities and Heritage, Basrah; The State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Baghdad; and HWH & Associates

Grant award

£771,725

Project summary

Cultural heritage within Iraq has suffered degradation as a result of the first and second Gulf Wars. Looting of the old Basrah Museum led to its closure in 2003.

This project aimed to develop the new Basrah Museum as a heritage resource centre within Basrah, housing the British Institute for the Study of Iraq’s library collection.

Three galleries in the new Basrah Museum were completed, providing a secure and well-managed environment for the display and storage of cultural heritage.