Museums and galleries in Beirut

Beirut’s cultural landscape spans millennia, from the National Museum’s Phoenician sarcophagi to the contemporary installations at the Beirut Art Center. The city’s history is preserved in the bullet-scarred Beit Beirut, while the Sursock Museum showcases modern Lebanese art within a 1912 Italianate villa. Specialized collections include the Mim Museum’s 2,000 minerals and the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory. The vibrant gallery scene in Clemenceau and Gemmayzeh features regional works at Dar El-Nimer and Saleh Barakat Gallery.

Beirut Museums & Galleries — Map

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National Museum

The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon.

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Nicolas Sursock Museum

The Sursock Museum, officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Museum of Lebanese Prehistory

The Museum of Lebanese Prehistory is a museum of prehistory and archaeology in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Beirut Art Center

Beirut Art Center is a space for exhibiting contemporary art in Beirut, Lebanon

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Beit Beirut

Bayt Beirut is a museum and urban cultural center celebrating the history of Beirut and namely the civil war.

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Mim Museum

Private mineral museum at Saint-Joseph University showcasing more than 2,000 minerals from 70 countries. The collection includes 450 different species and a significant display of fossils found in Lebanon.

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Art on Spears

Contemporary art space in the Clemenceau district hosting rotating exhibitions of local and regional artists.

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Cultural venue and exhibition space dedicated to promoting modern and contemporary art through seasonal fairs and local showcases.

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Dar alnmr

Independent foundation focusing on historical and contemporary cultural productions from Palestine and the Levant. It features a permanent collection and rotating exhibitions in the Clemenceau neighborhood.

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Housed in the former Cinema Clemenceau, this gallery focuses on modern and contemporary art from the Arab world, hosting large-scale solo and group exhibitions.

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Art on 56th

Independent contemporary art gallery in the Gemmayzeh neighborhood representing artists from Lebanon and the Middle East, with a focus on painting, sculpture, and photography.

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Planet Discovery

An interactive science museum suitable for children, but their parents will not be bored either. Puppet shows at 4-5p.m.

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