A princess, daughter of the “first archaeologist”, was the creator of museums

In what is now Iraq, the daughter of a king and a priestess of the Moon was a pioneer in preserving history. Her collection of antiquities marked the origin of the museum as we know it today. The first known museum was located in what is now Iraq. The idea of art being accessible to everyone is not as old as it seems. For most of history, access to valuable objects or vestiges of the past was a privilege reserved for the elite. Public museums ar…