Buildings built to house cultural, educational or civic-assembly institutions: the museum, the opera house, the cultural center, the exhibition building, the stadium, the pavilion and the amphitheater. Belongs here: any named building whose primary purpose is to house a museum, performance venue, exhibition, sporting event or similar public cultural institution. Does not belong here: a government building housing an administrative function rather than a cultural one, grouped under government and civic buildings, or a religious building, grouped under religious and sacred buildings even where it also serves a cultural role.
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One of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The site dates from c. 530 BC, and contained artifacts from earlier Mesopotamian civilizations.
Wikipedia, Museum, history section, region
One of the oldest museums known is Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, built by Princess Ennigaldi in modern Iraq at the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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