The Extraordinary Gertrude Bell
Discover the talented archaeologist, explorer, mountaineer and government official who helped found modern day Iraq
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Dates
Until 3 May 2016 (historic event)
About
Gertrude Bell, who was born at Washington Hall, County Durham, in 1868, led a remarkably full life and was a key figure in drawing up the political map of the Middle East in the early twentieth century.
She was a talented linguist, archaeologist, explorer, mountaineer and government official and played a major role in the establishment of the state of Iraq, as well as writing Iraq’s first antiquities law and creating the National Museum in Baghdad.
This new exhibition explores her fascinating story.
Image: Gertrude Bell on horseback, Kubbet Duris 1900, A_340 © Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University
See the Gertrude Bell archive at: www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
