Facilities that house the collections

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Long term planning

Over the years, the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (see also DGAM official website) has held to a most enlightened policy with regard to the practice of archaeology in their country. Part of this policy has been the granting of indefinite concessions, a feature that has encouraged the commitment of long term resources.

In our case, this commitment on our part has resulted in the establishment of a large structure that serves as much more than a housing facility, namely, a proper research center that allows in-depth research and full fledged storage facilities.

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The facilities

An important precondition was the construction of adequate storage space. As of 2007, there are five distinct spaces available for this purpose:

1. a very large storeroom (6 × 40 m) houses the bulk of the objects and of the sherds;
2. another storeroom (5 × 15 m) houses the ceramics library;
3. the objects used for display are in a medium size room;
4. objects in transit that need special care (e.g., for conservation) are in two small rooms.

More details and photographs are found in the UGR section on storage.