Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums

Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums

Coat of arms of Syria

Agency overview
Formed	1946
Jurisdiction	Government of Syria
Agency executive	Bassam Jamous, General Director
Website
Official Website

The Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) (Arabic: المديرية العامة للآثار والمتاحف‎) is a Syrian government owned agency that responsible for the protection, promotion and excavation activities in all sites of national heritage in the country. The directorate was established shortly after Syria's independence in 1946 under the central supervision of the Ministry of Culture.^[1] In 2005, Bassam Jamous has been appointed as general director up to present.^[2]

Organization

The Directorate-General is split into several different direct directorates including:^[1]

Directorate of Museum Affairs: Responsible for the management and development of all Syrian museums, in addition to supervising any foreign exhibition of Syrian artifacts.
Directorate of Excavations and Archaeological Studies: Responsible for the managing, organizing and supervising excavation works inside Syria and cataloging any findings.
Al-Basil Center for Archaeological Research and Training
Directorate of Planning and Statistics
Directorate of Historic Buildings
Directorate of Administrating Historic Sites

References

^ ^a ^b About the Directorate. The DGAM Webiste, retrieved 17 February 2011
^ Marguerite Yon (January 2006). The city of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra. Eisenbrauns. pp. 5–. ISBN 9781575060293. http://books.google.com/books?id=2YWQZ6x56dAC&pg=PA5. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

External links

Home Page (Arabic) (English)