Baghdad Museum

The Baghdadi Museum is a local history museum and a tourist landmark located in and about the capital city of , . It was established in 1970.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: history museum in Baghdad, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Baghdadi Museum”
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Wazeer Mosque and Haydar Khana Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Mahmoudalrawi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Sunni , located in the district of , in the of . The mosque was built by the Wazir of Baghdad Hassan Pasha in 1599 CE during the Ottoman era. is situated 130 metres southwest of Baghdad Museum.

Mosque
The is a and madrasa, situated on al-Rashid Street in the Haydar-Khana district of , in the of . is situated 270 metres north of Baghdad Museum.

Café
Photo: Mikkhalaf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shabandar Café is one of the oldest and most famous coffeehouses in , Iraq. It is located at the end of al-Mutanabbi Street near the Qushla. is situated 140 metres west of Baghdad Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab Al-Moatham and Bab Al-Sharqi.

Suburb
Bab al-Mu'adham is a prominent landmark in , . Bab al-Mu'adham was previously and historically one of the gates of Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, leading to the mosque of Abu Hanifa, a renowned Islamic scholar.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of central , . It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq.

Quarter
or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, . It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah. is situated 3 km north of Baghdad Museum.

Baghdad Museum

Latitude
33.34013° or 33° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
44.38959° or 44° 23′ 23″ east
Open location code
8H5689RQ+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11073340125
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q10424690
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Baghdad Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف البغدادي”
  • Armenian: “Բաղդադյան թանգարան”
  • Bashkir: “Бағдад музейы”
  • Bengali: “বাগদাদি জাদুঘর”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון בגדאד”
  • Karekare: “Baghdadi Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه البغدادی”
  • Russian: “Багдадский музей”
  • Slovenian: “Bagdadijev muzej”
  • Spanish: “Museo Bagdadí”
  • Spanish: “Museo Baghdadi”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Baghdadi”
  • Swedish: “Baghdadi Museum”
  • Turkish: “Bağdat Müzesi”
  • Urdu: “بغدادی عجائب گھر”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include جامع عثمان أفندي and سوق السراي.

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