Regional Museum Poster Exhibit
The history of Syria, told one object at a time: a poster series, in simple Arabic, that a passer-by can take in at a glance — and that carries the region's treasures to schools and communities far from the museums that hold them.
- Direction
- Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) & IIMAS
- The idea
- One poster = one object
- Language
- Simple Arabic, written to be understood in passing
- Status
- An evolving project, developed in collaboration with the DGAM
One object, one story
Each poster presents a single object and lets it speak: where it was found, what it meant, and what it tells us about the people who made it. Together, poster by poster and object by object, the series builds into a history of Syria that anyone can walk past and understand — no guide, no prior knowledge, no long labels.
For children — and for today
Every poster ends the same way: with a section written for children, and a 'modern echo' that connects the ancient object to something in life today. A five-thousand-year-old counting tablet meets the spreadsheet; an ancient mold meets modern sweets. The past stops being irrelevant dust and becomes the origin of today's traditions.
Three examples
The posters below are three examples drawn from a much larger set — a selection meant simply to communicate the concept. Between them they show the range the series can cover: an image of the divine, the invention of record-keeping, and the beginnings of mass-produced art.
