Raqqa Museum

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The Museum of Raqqa, also known as the Ar-Raqqah Museum or Rakka Museum (

Arabic: مَتْحَفُ الرَّقَّةِ, romanized: Matḥaf ar-Raqqah), is a museum in Raqqa, Syria founded in 1981.^[1] The structure housing the museum was built in 1861 and served as an Ottoman governmental building.^[2] The museum is dedicated to the preservation of the culture of the Raqqa province.^[3]

The museum notably curates large collections gathered from the excavation researches led in the region of

Modern Art; and the second floor is dedicated to Arab and Islamic art.^[5]

At its peak, the museum housed some 7,000 artifacts from the surrounding regions.

ISIL's rule over Raqqa.^[6] After the capture of the city by the Syrian Democratic Forces in October 2017, the Raqqa Civil Council and its "Committee of Culture and Antiquities" in cooperation with the Vision (Ro’ya) Organisation, has started to restore the building and track down its stolen artifacts, beginning in early 2018.^[7]

References

CDLI
. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

^
Ronahi TV (6 September 2018). "The Museum Of Raqqa Struggles To Recover Following ISIS Looting"
. Al Shahid Witness. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

UCLA
. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

American Schools of Oriental Research
. p. 30. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
ISBN 9781441973054
.

^ Hamou, Ammar; Limoges, Barrett (16 August 2018). Ismail, Abdullah (ed.). "'A treasure house of Syria's past': Archaeologists, NGOs reckon with scale of cultural looting in post-IS Raqqa". Syria Direct. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

^ Arab 24 (21 August 2018). "Local organisation is rehabilitating archaeological sites in Raqqa". Al Shahid Witness. Retrieved 7 July 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Battle of Raqqa
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Northern Raqqa offensive
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Battle of Raqqa (2017)

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Raqqa Museum

Qasr al-Banat

Uwais al-Qarni Mosque (destroyed)

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Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently

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City of Ghosts (2017 film)

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Raqqa ware

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[1] CDLI
. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[alshahidwitness-2] 
Ronahi TV (6 September 2018). "The Museum Of Raqqa Struggles To Recover Following ISIS Looting"
. Al Shahid Witness. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[3] UCLA
. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[4] American Schools of Oriental Research
. p. 30. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[5] ISBN 9781441973054
.

[6] Hamou, Ammar; Limoges, Barrett (16 August 2018). Ismail, Abdullah (ed.). "'A treasure house of Syria's past': Archaeologists, NGOs reckon with scale of cultural looting in post-IS Raqqa". Syria Direct. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[7] Arab 24 (21 August 2018). "Local organisation is rehabilitating archaeological sites in Raqqa". Al Shahid Witness. Retrieved 7 July 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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