Baghdad Museum reopens to staff

The Baghdad Museum, which has been sealed with concrete, is to be reopened to staff. ... After facing the dilemma of having to balance security and environmental risks, Dr Abbas has decided that the building should be reopened to staff. In the current security situation, there is no immediate prospect of the museum being open to visitors. The Italian government recently provided a massive steel security door for the Baghdad museum. Last month a gap was breached in the wall and the new door was cemented into place. Beyond the security door there are two further locked doors, and when we went to press, these had not been entered, so conditions inside the stores still remain unknown. Dr Abbas also revealed that there have been three attempts by Coalition troops to enter the museum and antiquities office in the past two months. ...