National Museum of Beirut

The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon, and was officially opened in 1942. The museum has collections totalling around 100,000 objects, most of which are antiquities and medieval finds from excavations undertaken by the Directorate General of Antiquities. About 1300 artefacts are exhibited, ranging in date from prehistoric times to the medieval Mamluk period. The museum building and its collection suffered extensive damage during the 1975 Lebanese Civil War, but most of its artefacts were saved by preemptive measures. Today, after a major renovation, the National Museum of Beirut has regained its former position, especially as a leading collector for ancient Phoenician objects. (Wikipedia)

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