The Nimrud Rescue Project is a collaborative project to recover fragments of Neo-Assyrian sculptures bombed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2015–2016, and to develop a long-term plan for the preservation and use of the site and its architectural remains through capacity-building and support of Iraqi heritage professionals. The Smithsonian Institution has been working with colleagues from the Nineveh Provincial Office of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) since early 2017. The project is one of many managed through a partnership with the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage (IICAH) in Erbil, Iraq. The Smithsonian has approached recovery and preservation of the site in partnership with Iraqi stewards. Together with the SBAH Nineveh Directorate, the Smithsonian worked to define site needs and develop the skills required by the cadre of local archaeologists (called the ‘Nimrud Rescue Team’, or NRT) to recover and protect stone sculpture fragments scattered across the site. A purpose-built storage facility has been completed and the NRT has begun the process of recovery using the ‘First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis’ (FAC) methodology developed by ICCROM and others for organized recovery of cultural heritage objects after a disaster.

Nimrud救援项目是一个合作项目，旨在回收2015-2016年被伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国（ISIS）炸毁的新亚述雕塑碎片，并制定一项长期计划以保护和使用该遗址，通过能力建设和伊拉克遗产专业人员的支持，其建筑遗迹得以保留。史密森学会（Smithsonian Institution）自2017年初以来一直与伊拉克国家古迹与遗产委员会（SBAH）尼尼微省办公室的同事合作。该项目是与伊拉克古迹与遗产保护研究所合作管理的众多项目之一（IICAH）在伊拉克的埃尔比勒。史密森尼博物馆已与伊拉克管家合作，对该遗址进行了恢复和保存。与SBAH Nineveh理事会一起，史密森学会（Smithsonian）致力于确定场地需求，并开发当地考古学家干部（称为“ Nimrud救援队”或NRT）所需的技能，以恢复和保护散布在场地各处的石雕碎片。一个专用的存储设施已经完成，NRT已开始使用ICCROM和其他机构开发的“危机时期的文化遗产急救”方法（FAC）进行灾后恢复，以有组织地恢复文化遗产。