[2][3][4][5] The curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

[7] The museum was discovered in 1925, when archaeologist Leonard Woolley excavated portions of the palace and temple complex at Ur.

[5][11][12] Ennigaldi's father Nabonidus, an antiquarian and antique restorer,[4] is known as the first serious archeologist.

[2] He taught her to appreciate ancient artifacts[4] and influenced her to create her educational antiquity museum.

[4] She used the museum pieces to explain the history of the area and to interpret material aspects of her dynasty's heritage.