 Archeological excavations at the palace grounds | |
  Location within Iraq | |
| Established | Circa 530 BCE |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 5th century-BCE |
| Location | Ancient Ur |
| Coordinates | 30°57′42″N 46°06′19″E / 30.961667°N 46.105278°E |
| Type | Mesopotamian artifacts |
| Curator | Princess Ennigaldi |
Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum is the earliest known public museum.[1] It dates to circa 530 BCE.[2][3][4][5] The curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.[6] It was in the state of Ur, in the modern-day Dhi Qar Governorate of Iraq, roughly 150 metres (490 ft) southeast of the famous Ziggurat of Ur.[7]
- ^ Quinn, Therese (2020). About Museums, Culture, and Justice to Explore in Your Classroom. Teachers College Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8077-6343-8.
- ^ Anzovin & Podell 2000, p. 69, Item # 1824: "The first museum known to historians (circa 530 BCE) was that of Ennigaldi-Nanna, the daughter of Nabu-na'id (Nabonidus), the last king to Babylonia."
- ^ Casey 2009, "Public Museum": "Around 530 B.C.E. in Ur, an educational museum containing a collection of labeled antiquities was founded by Ennigaldi-Nanna the, daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylonia."
- ^ Dolezal 1987, p. 20: "Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna, collected antiques from the southern regions of Mesopotamia, which she stored in a temple at Ur – the first known museum in the world.
- ^ León 1995, pp. 36–37: "...the first known museum..."
- ^ McIntosh 1999, p. 4
- ^ Woolley & Moorey 1982, pp. 252–259