Baghdad is a city with a rich history. A great number of monuments of the history of civilization, archaeological sites and museums are situated here in Baghdad. In other words, Baghdad is often known as a huge world heritage site, a unique storehouse of art and archeology. Presently much of the heritage in Baghdad is in ruin. Though much initiative has been adopted by the Iraqi officials to protect their heritages, yet war and internal political commotion in Baghdad are becoming a principal threat for the existing heritage in Baghdad. Below a list of heritages in Baghdad is mentioned:

• Abbasid Palace:
  
  

  The palace is located near the North Gate looking across the Tigris. It is the only Abbasid palace left in Baghdad. It is assumed to have been built by Caliph Al-Naser Ledinillah during1179 - 1225 AD. It presents a great work of art. It has a central courtyard and two storeys of rooms, with beautiful arches and muqarnases in brickwork and a remarkable ewan with brickwork ceiling and facade. When it was partly reconstructed in recent times another ewan was built to face it. Parts of the building were reconstructed by the State Establishment of Antiquities and Heritage, whereupon a collection of historical remains were exhibited in it, representing certain stages of the country's Arab Islamic history.

• Khan Mirjan:
  
  

  It is well known for its interior work. It was built by the Wali Amin al-Din Mirjan in the year 1358. The building is rectangular in plan 31.5 by 45 meters, occupying two floors. It has two entrances, one from the suq al-Thulatha' and the second from Dar al Khilafa today known al Samu'al Street. The main hall differs from other khan's courtyard as it is covered (in Turkish it is called Khan Ortumah, meaning covered khan). The roof is elevated 14 meters from the ground floor. It is composed of eight transverse pointed arches; each are two meters wide and placed at equal intervals except the middle bay that is larger (approximately three meters). They span the shortest side, from north to south. Between each of the double arches, the vault goes in steps culminating in a dome on squinches. Windows within these spaces admit light to the central hall.

• The Kadhimain mosque:
  
  

  The Kadhimain mosque was built in the 16th century. The elaborate tile work is a treat to view.

• The Iraq Museum:
  
  

  The Iraq Museum's collection includes some of the earliest tools man ever made, painted polychrome ceramics from the 6th millennium B.C., a relief-decorated cult vase from Uruk and famous gold treasures from the Royal Cemetery at Ur. In the days following the conquest of Baghdad by U.S. troops in April 2003, the Iraq Museum was looted; many pieces were stolen, others damaged or destroyed.

• Baghdad zoo:
  
  

  Located in the heart of al-Zawra it is the entertainment park in Baghdad. It once housed 650 animals.

• Haifa Street Heritage Houses:
  
  

  Haifa Street Heritage Houses elaborates a transitional style of architecture. They comprise of a synthesis of the typical Baghdadi house-type and some elements introduced from the West

• Abu Nawwas Street
• Bab Shargi Square
• Baghdad Square
• Baghdad University
• Triumphal Arch
• Madrasa al-Mustansiryya
• The ceiling of the Khan Mirjan
• Zumurrud Khatum(Shrine)
• Umar Suhrawardi
• Madrasa al-Murjaniya
• Khulafa Mosque
• Shrine al-Kazimain
• Shrine Iman A'zam
• The medieval suq
• Great Mosque
• Tomb of Imam Dur
• Tomb Al-Askari & Al-Hadi (Shiite Shrines)