from The Art Newspaper -
Baghdad Museum reopens to staff
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Extreme times call for extreme measures in preserving heritage - to the point of sealing up the entire museum in order to protect the collections. However, the deteriorating internal environmental conditions - accumulation of groundwater and humidity - makes sure drastic actions unsustainable. Hence, the re-opening of the Baghdad Museum is not a celebration of the end of a difficult period, but an exposure to further risks of destruction.
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