Museums Beirut

the national museum of beirut



sursock museum

the national museum of beirut principal museum of archaeology in lebanon. has 1,300 exhibits ranging in date prehistoric times medieval mamluk period. archaeological museum of american university of beirut third oldest museum in middle east, exhibiting wide range of artifacts lebanon , neighboring countries. sursock museum built illustrious sursock family @ end of 19th century private villa nicolas sursock, , donated lebanese state upon death. houses beirut s influential , popular art museum. permanent collection shows set of japanese engravings, numerous works of islamic art , classic italian paintings, while temporary exhibitions shown throughout year. robert mouawad private museum near beirut s grand serail exhibits henri pharaon s private collection of archaeology , antiques.

planet discovery children s science museum interactive experiments, exhibitions, performances, workshops , awareness competitions. saint joseph university opened museum of lebanese prehistory in 2000, first prehistory museum in arabic middle east, displaying bones, stone tools , neolithic pottery collected jesuits.

in october 2013, mim museum, private mineral museum, opened doors public. has on display 1600 minerals more 60 countries. mim museum s collection considered 1 of world s paramount private collection variety , quality of minerals. didactic circuit, accompanied screens showing films , scientific applications of mineralogy, reveal world of unsuspected marvels—priceless both aesthetic , scientific point of view. mimodactylus libanensis “mimo”, fossil of pterodactyl featured in special wing. one-of-a-kind complete specimen in middle-east found in lebanon. promoted means of state-of-the-art modern techniques: hologram, auto-stereoscopic movie, full-scale reconstitution , game “fly mimo” – entertainment delights children , adults. moreover, mim hosts thematic exhibition of 200 marine fossils. “fish’n’stone” organized collaboration of mémoire du temps. known throughout world, fossils quarried in lebanese mountains. history of fossil formation shown through animation submerses in marine life – time capsule takes in journey 100 million of years ago.