Iraq Natural History Research Center & Museum

The opening of the museum in 1946

The museum was opened on the second of May 1946, and the inauguration day was chosen to coincide with the birth anniversary of Faisal II, King of Iraq at the time. It was opened by the “Crown Prince” in addition to the former Prime Minister of Iraq, Tawfiq Al-Suwaidi, and a number of ministers in the Bab Al-Mu’adham area, next to the “Children’s Protection Hospital.”