Chouf district

Jahlieh

Cave of Art

Cave of Art (Kahf el Founoun in Arabic) is a unique museum in the heart of the Lebanese village of Jahlieh. Housed in Ottoman-era cellars, the museum aims to preserve the village’s cultural heritage. For over 25 years, Ghandi Bou Diab has been collecting everything that is relevant to the Lebanese and Druze heritage in particular. The collectibles from the village people’s heritage include mosaics, mud brick walls and roofs made of old rugs and brooms. Also on display are oil paintings that tell nostalgic stories, painted by Bou Diab himself and other artists, which remind visitors of Lebanon’s beautiful history.&nbsp;The cellars were used in the Ottoman-era as chambers for secret meetings. During the Lebanese Civil War [1975-1990], they were turned into bunkers where villagers would hide from the shelling. After the end of the war, Bou Diab immediately started to turn these cellars into a touristic cultural and heritage museum. The cellars are divided into three sections: the first holds paintings and tools, particularly of Druze heritage, the second specializes in farming and plowing tools and the basis of an ancient house, and the third is called “Beit Sitti” or “My Grandmother’s House”, which contains another old house.- Opening hours Booking only

Beiteddine

Moussa Castle

Moussa Castle is a castle between Deir el Qamar and Beiteddine in Lebanon. The castle was built by Moussa Abdel Karim Al Maamari and was opened to the public in 1969. It is the life work of a Lebanese visionary, requiring 60 years of dedicated hard work to finish.&nbsp;- Opening hours Winter: Everyday 9am-4pm Summer: Everyday 9am-6pm

Jbeil district

Amchit

Tanios Yusuf Zoghaib Museum

Opening hours Booking only

Zgharta district

Bnachii

Wildlife Taxidermy Museum

Nestled on the shores of Lake Bnachii, a popular spot for Tripolitans to paddle or have lunch with their families, is a museum. With no less than 3,000 species of land and sea animals from all over the world, the Wildlife Taxidermy Museum is worth a visit. The visitor will certainly discover unknown species among this impressive collection that ranges from insects to the largest mammals. The museum is divided into five sections: aquatic animals, reptiles and insects, birds, small mammals, and large mammals.&nbsp;- Opening hours Monday-Sunday 9am-10pm

Nabatieh district

Doueir

Ahmad Wehbe Museum

Beirut district

Achrafieh

Villa Audi Mosaic Museum

Located on a leafy street in Sursock, the beautiful Villa Audi houses a unique collection of mosaics from all four corners of the world. In addition to the extraordinary mosaics, visitors can see a number of sculptures as they explore both floors of the villa.- Opening hours Booking only&nbsp;

Keserwan district

Zouk Mikael

Elias Abou Chabakeh Museum


The house of the poet Elias Abou Chabakeh holds a museum and a cultural center in his memory. Elias Abou Chabakeh is one of the most prominent poets of the first half of the 20th century. Despite a short life (died at 43 years of age) he was a prolific writer. He left a wealth of poetry and prose writings and translations as well as hundreds of newspaper articles published in Lebanon and Egypt.These articles spanned multiple subjects from literature and sociology to treating events, social and political issues that his generation was witnessing. His writings reveal a vast knowledge and command of foreign literary writing especially French Literature.-&nbsp; Opening hours Monday-Friday 8am-11am; 1pm-3pm

Haret Sakher

Fouad Chehab Museum & Library

The main objective of the foundation is, as stated in the founding statutes: “To carry out intellectual and social activities to revive the values and the principles that President Chehab believed in and worked for.”&nbsp;- Opening hours Booking only

Aakkar district

Aydamoun

Mayor Hajj of Aydamoun

Opening hours Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm&nbsp; Booking only

Jezzine district

Machmoucheh

Mansour Eid Museum

Sanayeh

Banque du Liban Museum

The Museum of Banque du Liban (BDL) opened to the public in November 2013, joining the growing number of new institutions that dot the country’s cultural, educational, historical and financial landscape.&nbsp;- Opening hours Tuesday-Thursday 8:30am-1pm Friday-Saturday 8:30am-12pm

Zahleh district

Zahleh

Lebanese Heritage House Of Artist Of Samir Fahed Chamoun

This museum includes a wide distinguished collection of old weapons in all varieties. It also involves ancient stones, pillars and crowns. As well, the museum exhibits wooden works carved with shells and ivory, pottery and precious glassware, along with copper metal ware, rare Persians carpets, old musical instruments and phonographs, in addition to an old collection of Lebanese coins and stamps.- Opening hours Booking only

Kaslik

Archaeological Museum of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik

The Archaeological Museum is home to some of the most important artifacts from numerous archeological locations around Lebanon.-Opening hours Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

Zouk Mosbeh

Hall of Fame

Lebanon's Hall of Fame Museum, located in Zouk Mosbeh, breaks the standard wax museum mold in a few odd ways. First of all, its figures are made of silicone, not wax, enabling animatronic components that allow figures to move and “speak.” Besides, it’s the closest one can get to brushing shoulders with a slew of current, former, or perhaps soon-to-be-overthrown Arab leaders. Alongside an animatronic Saddam Hussein offering a handshake and the former Iraqi Information Minister Mohamad Said al-Sahhaf denying that U.S. troops had breached Iraqi borders in 2003, the museum features deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak holding court with Saudi King Abdullah and deceased leader of the Palestinian Authority Yasir Arafat.&nbsp;- Opening hours Summer: Monday-Sunday 9am-8pm&nbsp; Winter: Monday-Sunday 9am-6pm

Jeita

Lebanese Marine & Wildlife Museum

Containing more than 2,000 species and over 5,000 specimens of marine and wildlife, the Lebanese Marine and Wildlife Museum contains the largest collection of mummified sharks, dolphins, sea turtles, fossils, birds, reptiles and mammals, in addition to a handful of unknown deep sea creatures from in and around the Mediterranean. The museum is a great destination for kids and families looking to explore the natural wonders of Lebanon.&nbsp;You will first encounter the predators that roam Lebanon's forests from wolves and hyenas to foxes and badgers. Up next, you will enter the forest showcasing all of Lebanon’s birds, and after that the desert exhibit, where numerous reptiles dwell. Going even further, you will witness the most elegant and mesmerizing of corals, starfishes and sea shells. Last but not least, your jaws will drop to the floor as you come face to face with over 40 shark species, dolphins, and hundreds of fish specimens of which you've never seen in your life, all found in the huge marine exhibit. For its distinguishable work, the museum has been Lebanon's most important eco-group and works in collaboration with international and regional such as the Shark Trust, Shark Conservation Society, Oceanography De Monaco, and many others in order to study and protect marine and wildlife. The museum aims to spread knowledge and awareness through introducing visitors to the natural wonders of the Mediterranean basin in one single location.&nbsp;- Opening hours Winter: Monday-Sunday 8am-7pm Summer: Monday-Sunday 8am-8pm

Mayfouq

Our Lady of Ilige Convent Museum

The region of Mayfouq is breathtaking, with its stunning mountainous terrain and picture-perfect scenery. It is also a place of great religious significance, offering pilgrims the chance to visit a dozen sacred sites, including the monastery of Our Lady of Ilige (Saydet Ilige), one of the oldest seats of the Maronite patriarchate. It has been the residence of the 18 patriarchs for 320 years, seven of whom were buried there. The historic old church of the monastery was built in 1121 on the ruins of a pagan temple. It is still a place to pray, but also offers a museum to the public.&nbsp;- Opening hours Monday-Sunday 8:30am-5pm

Maasser Beiteddine

Princess Shams Museum

Opening hours Winter: Everyday 9am-8pm Summer: Everyday 9am-10pm

Bcharreh district

Bcharreh

Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum

In 1932, the content of Gibran's studio in New York, including his furniture, his personal belongings, his private library, his manuscripts and 440 original paintings, was transferred to his native town Bsharreh. Today, these items form the content of the Gibran museum. Originally a grotto for monks seeking shelter in the 7th century, the Mar Sarkis hermitage became Gibran Khalil Gibran's tomb, and was later turned into his museum. By the end of the 17th century, Carmelite monks living in the Qadisha valley, the sacred valley, began construction of a new monastery, which was completed in 1862.&nbsp;In 1926, while in New York, Gibran decided to buy the monastery for his retirement and the hermitage as his final resting place. Upon his request, his sister Mariana purchased both the monastery and the hermitage. On August 22nd, 1931, Gibran's mortal remains reached Bsharreh. The transformation of the new monastery into a museum did not occur until 1975, when the Gibran National Committee restored the monastery and built a new wing in the eastern side. The floors of the museum were linked through an internal staircase to create a harmonious space where the works of Gibran were to be exposed. In 1995, the museum was further enlarged and supplied with up-to-date equipments enabling it to exhibit the entire collection of Gibran's manuscript, drawings and paintings.- &nbsp;

Saida district

Saida

Debbané Palace

Saida’s magnificent Debbane Palace is one of the few remaining examples of Ottoman architecture in the city. Raphael Debbane transformed it from a family home into a museum and opened it to the public. Debbane Palace is an 18th-century building in Saida, built by Ali Hammoud in 1721. The atmospheric space features typical diwans (Oriental style living rooms), a liwan (a long narrow-fronted hall), several rooms and an open-air courtyard, with the characteristic features of the Ottoman period – brown and white stripes of stone and intricate mosaic tiles making up the interior. Despite its location on the bustling streets of Saida, the house is a peaceful escape. The Debbane Palace receives close to 2,000 visitors a month, with tourists from around the world visiting to see this monument to the past.&nbsp;- Opening hours Everyday 9am-5pm

Ain el Mreiseh

Souffleur Museum - Ibrahim Najem's House of Collectibles

On John Kennedy Street, take the renovated Ain El Mreiseh Stairway down to Arsalan Sinno Street. There you will notice a yellow washed 2-floor house with a lovely terrace filled with jasmine and gardenia trees. Former fire fighter and diver, Ibrahim Najem has been collecting knick-knacks for over 25 years, and he has them all on display in his home. Wonders from the sea and land decorate his walls and shelves in a delightfully disordered style. Listening to Mr. Najem's stories are half the fun of any visit to this eclectic museum.- Opening hours Winter: Monday-Sunday 10am-5pm Summer: Monday-Sunday 10am-7pm

Taaneyel

Emile Hannouche Museum

It is a museum of the Lebanese plastic art and Melkite oriental icons. This site was established in 1918 by a French family at the beginning of the mandate period. In 1948, it was transformed into a park and a restaurant. It is now a museum of the art of drawing and painting. It contains about 700 paintings by distinguished Lebanese artists and 250 Melkite oriental icons.
Opening time: Wed-Sun, 11am-6pm

Ghosta

Armenian Monastery of Bzommar

Dominating the heart of Keserwan, the monastery of Bzommar built in 1749 includes a building dedicated to Armenian culture with a spiritual and cultural center comprising a museum, reading and exhibition rooms, archives, documents and photographs. The monastery museum gives a general view of eastern profane and religious art, particularly Armenian. There are souvenirs of Emir Bashir, who, whenever he traveled, entrusted all his possessions and fortune to the monastery. On the monastery lands, there are well-tended vines which give an excellent and famous wine. There is also a special wing for Byzantine mosaics.-

Matn district

Fanar

Natural History Museum

Koura district

Kousba

Stones Museum_duplicate

Opening hours Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm

Batroun district

Koubba

Musée Henry BB

Musee Henry BB is a gorgeous three-story traditional home turned museum that will take your breath away. The traditional arches and beautifully adorned windows frame the majestic structure that has been renovated, all while keeping the traditional elements that made up the original home. The owner lives in the house, and offers limited tours of the property and all that it holds. The museum pays homage to one hundred traditional houses that have been demolished in Beirut. Little relics from the homes were collected and merged into this piece of art with tile and glass from the demolished places being incorporated into the property. It was designed and restored by Henry Loussian, the artist behind the beloved Hamra jewelry spot, Henry's Handmade.-Opening&nbsp;hours Appointment only&nbsp; Entrance fee 5$ for adults and Free for kids under 15

Billy Karam Museum

Founded by a former Lebanese rally and hill-climber champion Billy Karam, the museum was mentioned six times in the Guinness Book of Records for its largest number of model cars (37,777). The museum, which extends over a space of 1,500 meters, is made up of two floors and has thousands of mini sports and classical cars, as well as civil and military models.&nbsp;- Opening hours Booking only

Beit Mery

Lebanese Heritage Museum

Lebanese Heritage Museum’s vast collection covers the history of Lebanon. Founded in 2003 in Jounieh, it later reopened in 2013 at the General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Lebanon in Ain Najm, Beit Mery. Its 14 sections cover every era of Lebanese history: the Phoenician times, Romans, the Byzantine and Islamic eras to Lebanon under Ottoman rule. Halls are also dedicated to important figures in Lebanese history, such as Youssef Bey Karam – the Lebanese maronite who fought in the 19th Century civil war and started a rebellion against the Ottomans in Mount Lebanon; the scholar, historian and judge Semaan Khazen Al Ehdeny; statesman and historian Jawad Boulos’ Patriarch Arida and a collection of the works of renowned Lebanese artist Saliba Douaihy.&nbsp;The collection is extensive and includes Roman sarcophagi, ancient drinking vessels, Byzantine columns, decorative Islamic tiles and Ottoman weapons. A walk around the museum leads you down a timeline through Lebanese history, giving insight into the civilizations that have left their impact on the country. The collection started in early 1900 by historian and writer Samer el Khazen; growing in size when his son, Joseph Semaan Khazen, began collecting archeology and antiques. His son, Simon el Khazen, set up the Samer el Khazen Association in 2000 and opened the museum a few years later, with the aim to preserve Lebanese heritage and make it accessible to the public – continuing the work of his father and grandfather before. “I was born in this ambiance so it was attractive to me. I continued the work of my grandfather and father by establishing a museum,” Simon says. “The museum highlights all the cultures that passed through history on Lebanese land.”&nbsp;Though the museum’s collection shows a wider scope of the country’s heritage, it also reflects a more personal history of the El Khazen’s, a prominent aristocratic family in Lebanon. Artist Saliba Douaihy was a family friend, and within the museum’s collection of his works is a charcoal portrait of the young Simon and his brother Fouad. Alongside the museum, El Khazen started the foundation with the aim to reprint books on Lebanese history, particularly the works authored by his grandfather who published three books on Youssef Bey Karam; another nine were never released. “We are re-printing these 12 books in a very modern way,” Simon says. “We also just finished a book on the artist Saliba Douaihy – an active artist in Lebanon who exhibited all over the world.”&nbsp;- &nbsp;

Traditional Tools Museum

Opening hours June-September: Everyday 10am-7pm

Jbeil / Byblos

Pepe Abed Museum

Youssef Gergi Abed (1911-2006), also known as Pepe Abed, was a Lebanese adventurer, explorer and entrepreneur. He is considered to be the epitome of Lebanon's golden age. Nicknamed 'The Hugh Hefner of the Middle East', he was frequently linked with a series of beauty icons from around the world. In 1962, he opened the Pépé Abed Museum in Byblos, adjacent to the Fishing Club. This museum gathers Greek, Roman and Phoenician antiquities that Pépé Abed plucked from the bed of the sea during decades of diving. The museum is supervised by UNESCO.&nbsp;- Opening hours Everyday 10am-6pm

Bint Jbeil district

Khirbet Selm

Chaaban Citadel

Opening hours Winter: Monday-Sunday 8am-6pm Summer: Monday-Sunday 8am-8pm

Soap Museum - Audi Foundation

The Soap Museum, located in Saida, traces the history of soap making in the region, its development and manufacturing techniques. Visitors can see a demonstration of how traditional olive oil soaps are made and learn about the history of the “hammam” (bath) traditions. This museum is set in a beautiful set of old vaulted rooms fully restored. It allows visitors to discover the different stages of the production of artisanal soap made from olive oil, as well as the diversity of its forms and properties.&nbsp;The visitor can thus understand the techniques of cooking, drying, cutting and sizing of handmade soap. Showcases display the various utensils and objects used in the hammams, found during on-site excavation and which include remains of clay pipe heads dating from the 17th to 19th century, as well as pottery fragments. The Museum building is an old soap factory built in the 17th century, although containing parts thought to date back to the 13th century.&nbsp;At the end of the visit, a short 10-minute film, subtitled in French and English, shows some Lebanese craftsmen explaining their way of working, and their desire to transmit their know-how and their love of this craft to the next generations.- Opening hours Everyday 8:30am-6pm

Monnot

Lebanese Prehistory Museum

Inaugurated in 2000, the Lebanese Prehistory Museum is a small specialized museum that presents to the public the results of the archaeological investigations conducted by Jesuit scholars between the end of the 19th century and 1975. It is a permanent exhibition established on a scientific basis and at the same time didactic, telling the story of the human adventure which, in Lebanon, goes back to a million years.Visitors are led to go back in time and discover the evolution of Man and his way of life, his inventions, his techniques, his traditions, etc., through the exhibits, models, experimental reconstructions, iconographies and the explanatory texts. While being thematic, the course integrates the chronology, namely the four periods of our Prehistory: the Paleolithic, the Epipaleolithic, the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic.- Opening hours Tuesday-Friday 8:30am-4pm Saturday's large groups : Booking only

Hazerta

Lebanon from Center of the Rocks Museum

Opening hours Monday-Sunday 8am-12am

Roumieh

Dorothy Salhab Kazemi Museum

Located in Roumieh, the mountain village of her childhood, the Dorothy Salhab Kazemi Museum is small, no more than one room. But what it lacks in size fades before the impressive quality of its contents and the elegant design of the exhibition space itself. The museum is the labor of a mother’s love. Mrs. Laurice Salhab spent several years planning a showcase worthy of her daughter’s work, wisely enlisting the help of two seasoned professionals ,­Sylvia Ajamian, curator of the Sursock Museum, and Denise Khalifeh, director of Entretemps Art Gallery.&nbsp;The mini-museum that resulted is a light, airy space fitted with handsome display units of glass, chrome and wood, all impeccably finished and designed for the optimum viewing of pottery and ceramics. What is now the museum would have been Dorothy’s new atelier, meant to replace the tiny, dark room in her grandmother’s old village house where she began working in 1970. She had just returned to Lebanon after several years of study in Denmark and teaching in Scotland, with her new husband, Shams, an economist assigned to the UN office in Beirut. Eight years later, in 1978, she had to leave her Roumieh workshop and all that was in it when the UN personnel were evacuated. The Kazemis settled in Geneva and, in a matter of months, Dorothy created a workshop in an abandoned barn in Dordogne, France. Even before she had finished restoring it, she had a new kiln and potter’s wheel installed, stocked up on barrels of clay and spread out her tools. There, between commuting to her husband in Geneva, ­she worked with intense devotion until she died of cancer 12 years later.&nbsp;Dorothy was a born potter who, with distinctive talent and searching intuition, was able to lead a common craft into the higher realm of art. The utter refinement and delicacy of form that mark her functional pieces ­bowls, pots and jugs, large and small ­would have been enough to bring her fame. Many are in stoneware, pottery fired at high temperatures, a technique that was first introduced in Lebanon by Dorothy. Others are porcelain, thin and translucent. All are wheel-thrown. In describing how she experienced the process of producing them, Dorothy once said: “There is something deeply satisfying about working with clay on the wheel. It’s as though my body becomes an extension of the living, moving material."&nbsp;- Opening hours Booking only

Jal el Dib

Edward Nassar Museum

The Edward Nassar Museum houses the largest Roman and Greek coin collection in Lebanon. The art collection includes some of the finest 19th-century European portraiture, landscapes and epic biblical paintings, notably the Crucifixion by Annibale Carracci, Napoleon Bonaparte by court painter Andrea Appiani, George I and William, Duke of Gloucester by Sir Godfrey Kneller, and works by Cipriani, Angas and Rigaud. There are 300 vintage gold and silver timepieces, a worldwide stamp collection and a large assortment of historical books and early illustrated Bibles. Also on view are manuscripts and autographs by luminaries from history like Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery and Charles de Gaulle. Other displays include exquisite Chinese porcelain and African art—ivory and ebony sculptures—as well as Roman and Greek archaeological treasures.&nbsp;-Opening hours Monday-Saturday 8:30am-5pm

Alita

MACAM

MACAM – Modern And Contemporary Art Museum is a truly unique museum dedicated to preserving and promoting art in Lebanon in an outstanding setting. Located in Alita/Jbeil, the dynamic museum used to be a large factory compound and is nestled on a hilltop overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and the picturesque Adonis Valley. The vast nature around the museum invites for various outdoor activities.MACAM is a creative hub that holds art contests, workshops for kids and adults, and temporary exhibitions. It also has an adjacent art residency program. The permanent exhibition, Panorama of Sculpture in Lebanon, displays over 400 sculptures and installations by renowned artists. The exhibition presents a century of sculpting in Lebanon from Joseph Hoyeik, the Basbous brothers, and Hussein Madi to contemporary installation art by Nada Sehnaoui, Mario Saba, and Ghassan Ghazal.- Opening hours Wednesday-Sunday 10am-4pm

Mtein

Mtein Museum for Arts

Mtein Museum of Arts is located in the municipality building of Mtein, dated from the 18th century and donated by Mr. Roger Sarrouf.It is a common space that gathers paintings, sculptures, photographs of Lebanese and foreign artists. It was launched in September 2013 and since then has been expanding the number of pieces of arts that are within its walls. More than 100 artists have donated pieces of their best work to be placed in this common space, the first of its kind in Lebanon. You can have lunch at <a href="https://www.bamleb.com/guide/lebanese-restaurants/khayrallah-restaurant">Khayrallah Restaurant</a> near the museum.- Opening hours Booking only

Rachana

Rachana Basbous Museum

A half century ago, a triad of artists regained their prestige: The Basbous brothers, Michel, Alfred and Joseph; the surname connotes “light” and the monogram of the forenames is “Wise Men”. This magical village is today a contemporary reality; the magic wand is the scissors used by the three brothers in sculpture. Enter the fantastic village where you can find sculptures everywhere, on the road, in front of the houses, in the gardens.&nbsp;- Opening hours Booking only

Antoun Kazan Museum

Lawyer, writer and man of thought, Kazan produced criticism and creative studies reflecting his scientific and thoughtful approach and his vivid style. He organized literature festivals at the UNESCO Palace, where he was a lecturer, literary critic and innovator, and where he presented the biography and works of several writers and poets. Kazan dated a historical period of Lebanese innovation and originality, he gave valuable conferences at the “Cénacle Libanais”, the American University of Beirut, the Saint Joseph University, and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, from which the most important conference was the one about Al Imâm Al Ouwzâ’î and his influence on the foundation of the Lebanese nationalism.&nbsp;On the legal side, Kazan produced a large number of studies and delivered conferences, particularly those given at the French Institute of Law where he elaborated his vision on the establishment of a “Supreme Council to try Presidents and Ministers”. His style was imprinted by a solid intrigue and a unique ability of choosing the right words and contextualizing them. His speeches were disguised by a seductive music which preserves its splendor when written on paper, whereas in his critic writings, Kazan remained the lawyer who defends from one side, and attacks from the other, measuring his words in the balance of justice and equity.&nbsp;- Opening hours Monday-Friday 9am-4pm Saturday 9am-1pm

Beiteddine Palace Museum

The Beiteddine Palace Museum is installed in the old stables, which once housed riders and horses of the Beiteddine Palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon. The museum displays a significant collection of Byzantine mosaics. The majority of them come from the site of the coastal city of Jieh, the ancient Porphyreon. The Byzantine-Greek inscriptions appearing on the mosaics date them back to the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. Further mosaics from different Lebanese sites are displayed in the adjacent palace gardens.&nbsp;-

Semqanieh

Irfan al Tawhidiyah School Museum

Opening hours Monday-Sunday 9am-3pm

Baabda district

Falougha

Fahed al Andari Barber Museum

Opening hours Tuesday-Saturday 10am-2pm and 3pm-7:30pm&nbsp; Sunday 10am-2pm

Human Nature Art Museum

Qobbayat

Ornithology, Rhopalocera and Zoology Museum

Opening hours Monday-Sunday 9am-12pm and 2pm-6pm

Ras Beirut

AUB Archaeological Museum

​​​​The AUB Archaeological Museum, founded in 1868, is the third oldest museum in the Near East, after Cairo and Constantinople. It is a regional museum with collections from 7 countries: Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Palestine, ​Iraq, and Iran. The museum was renovated in 1999 and reopened to the public in 2006. ​The museum collections are organized according to two parallel concepts: c​hronological and thematic. The chronological displays are set along the peripheral walls of the gallery showing the evolution mostly of pottery from the Chalcolithic Age (4,000 BC) to the Islamic Period (19th century AD).-&nbsp;

Sodeco

Beit Beirut

Built in 1924 by the Lebanese architect Youssef Afandi Aftimos and then raised by two further floors by the architect Fouad Kozah in 1932, the neo-ottoman style building known as the "Yellow House" or the "Barakat Building" stands on the crossroad of Damascus Street and Independence Street. The name of the Yellow House comes from the ochre-coloured sandstone used for its construction. The Yellow House comprises two bourgeois style houses, four-stories high plus a roof terrace. The central axis of the building is completely open to the sky. It leads to the main entrance and a front courtyard giving access to the staircases up to the properties and a passageway under the building that leads to the leafy rear courtyard.&nbsp;The facades of the two buildings are joined by raised columns, decorated with fine ironwork which overlook the city. Located on the former "Green Line", the Yellow House was a forward control post and sniper base during the civil war. In addition to its strategic location, the airy architecture of the Yellow House, with its transparency and varied shooting angles, was used for military purposes to control the surrounding area, known as the "Sodeco Crossroads". Today, this building is therefore an unusual structure due to this combination of domestic architecture and "war architecture", created by the snipers that occupied the building during the civil war.&nbsp;- Opening hours Monday-Saturday 11am-8pm Sunday 12pm-6pm

Memory of Time

The Byblos Fossil Museum (aka Memory of Time) is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. This museum contains fossil collections of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish. It was opened in 1991 and is in the old souk of Byblos. Most of its collection comes from the nearby villages of Haqel-Byblos, Hjula, and Ennammoura.&nbsp;- Opening hours Winter: Everyday 9am-7pm Summer: Everyday 9am-10pm

Zalqa

Michel Abou Jaoudeh Museum

Dedicated to the well-known journalist Michel Abou Jaoudeh, the museum exhibits personal artefacts and documents, and holds over 10,000 articles he published in An-Nahar newspaper. The museum also includes a public library with more than 3,000 political, historical and philosophical books of particular interest.&nbsp;- Opening hours Booking only

Jdeideh

Wonders of the Sea

The Wonders of the Sea Museum is an educational voyage of discovery to the mysteries and magic of marine life. Ten minutes from the heart of Beirut, set within a traditional Lebanese house and its garden, the Wonders of the Sea museum offers an instructive and cultural experience to children and adults alike.&nbsp;- Opening hours Monday-Friday 9am-1pm&nbsp; Saturday-Sunday 3pm-6pm

Aaichiyeh

Mounir Assaad Kesrouani Museum

Boutros Farhat Museum

Boutros Farhat's life as a sculptor began in 1991 without any artistic study. He studied art in the Russian center in Beirut. His first exhibition took place in Jaj in 2005, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture. His works are present in Lebanon and in various countries. He participated in several group exhibitions and symposiums. He received several awards of encouragement and consideration.His museum in Jaj encompasses two internal and external sections, containing nearly 185 sculptures varying in size, from around a meter to 3 meters. The carved stone - Boutros' favorite material - is of local or foreign origin, the statues on display involve various themes such as the Phoenicians, women, duality and general culture. In 2016, he was awarded the prize of sculptor in the exhibition organized by the association of the Lebanese artists and sculptors in the Palace of the UNESCO in Beirut. Since then he has been active and completing new works.-Opening hours Booking only

Historic Wax Museum

The Byblos Wax Museum is a wax museum in the heart of Byblos/Jbeil. The museum displays wax statues and life scenes from the Phoenician era to the modern times.&nbsp;- &nbsp;

Jrabta

St. Rafqa Museum

The Monastery of Saint Joseph, where stands the tomb of Saint Rafqa, provides a peaceful setting in which to spend time in prayer and meditation.Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, also known as Saint Rafqa, is a Lebanese Saint canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 10th, 2001. Rafqa suffered for seventeen years as a blind paralytic. Only God knew how much she had to endure. Her pain was continuous night and day, yet the other sisters never heard her murmuring or complaining. She often told them that she thanked God for her sufferings, "... because I know that the sickness I have is for the good of my soul and His Glory" and that "the sickness accepted with patience and thanksgiving purifies the soul as the fire purifies gold."-Opening hours Monday-Sunday 8am-8pm

Tyre district

Sour / Tyre

Deep Sea Museum of Tyre

Sursock

Sursock Museum

The Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum is a modern and contemporary art museum in the center of Beirut first opened in 1961, with a mission to collect, preserve, and exhibit local and international art. With over ten exhibitions a year ranging from thematic group shows to solo shows by emerging artists, and a diverse public program of talks, screenings, and family workshops, the Museum aims to provide a platform for encounter and experimentation with art and ideas, and to inform and challenge different audiences and communities in new and unexpected ways.&nbsp;- Opening hours Closed due to Beirut Blast&nbsp;

Fayrouz Chamoun Center for Arts & Culture

Fayrouz Chamoun Center for Arts &amp; Culture includes a wide collection of ancient armaments; pistols, bows, arrows, spears, shields, swords, etc. Visitors can also view stone crowns, in addition to an amazing collection of carved wood and ancient pieces of pottery and glassware.- &nbsp;

Nawl Museum

Weaving is considered one of the oldest craft in human history, and wool the first material used in weaving and spinning. Phoenician fabrics surpassed any other fabric in matters of the quality and perfection of their weaving. Thus, the Nawl accompanied the social life in Lebanon, becoming a vital and inevitable necessity due to the living conditions and needs, where families wove their clothes by hand using sheep’s wool and goat hairs. Emir Fakhreddine II Maan the Great engendered a significant revival in the Lebanese silk industry. Emir Bachir Chebab promoted this reviving sector by recruiting Catholic families from Syria to strengthen this production. Hence, Mount-Lebanon became the “Silk Mount” at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Zoukiotes excelled in the production of quality weaving and in the dexterity of Nawl design, from which comes the famous saying of their works of art: “the color is a painting, the thread is a miracle and the production steps into immortality.” Thus, the Nawl of Zouk was characterized by a particular and unique artistic mark, giving it its identity, singularity and intrinsic characteristics.&nbsp;The Zoukiotes developed the Nawl coming from Syria and improved its production capacity. They learned how to weave abayas, to then innovate in their production by drawing patterns on the Nawl using the shuttle, and introducing new ways of weaving by producing types of clothing such as abayas, capes and scarves, all of which ornamented and embroidered with silver or gold threads, or speckled with different colors and designs.- Opening hours Monday-Friday 9am-4pm Saturday 9am-1pm

Armenian Genocide Orphans "Aram Bezikian Museum"

Located at the heart of the ancient site of Jbeil (Byblos), not far from the 12th century citadel, the Armenian Genocide Orphans’ “Aram Bezikian” Museum is a place of memory, promoting the common values and principles of humanity: concern for others, friendship and tolerance, peaceful coexistence and respect for human rights and human dignity.&nbsp;The Museum features three exhibits. The first presents the life of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire on the eve of the First World War and the genocide perpetrated against the Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish government in 1915 and 1916. The second dramatizes the role of the various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and western missionaries that helped resettle the surviving orphans in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon. The third exhibit shows the rehabilitation and settlement of the orphans into their new home in Lebanon. A specific scene is dedicated to the story of Maria Jacobsen, the "Mama," who devoted her whole life to the thousands of orphans in the “Birds’ Nest.”-Opening hours Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4:30pm

Emmanuel Paul Guiragossian Museum

Emmanuel Paul Guiragossian Museum presents a collection of unedited paintings of the artist (1948-1993), as well as art works of Lebanese and international contemporary painters. In addition, the museum offers a meeting place for artists and an Art School.&nbsp;-Opening hours Monday-Sunday 10am-7pm

Hakel

Expo Hakel

In the heart of Hakel, Rizkallah Nohra founded the first fossils museum in Lebanon. The whole adventure began in the 1960's when he was a seven years old boy, when he started to gather some fossils from a land owned by his family. Over the years this hobby turned into a passion, and his dream was to create a museum for his collection, but such project didn’t see the light due to the civil war that ended in 1991. Undeterred by such obstacles, he restored a typical old Lebanese village house on his own where he could gather and display all the fossils he had collected over the past thirty years. 1991 witnessed the opening of Expo Hakel, the first natural history museum for marine fossils in Lebanon.- Opening hours Everyday 9am-5pm

Ghazir

Juliusz Slowacki Museum

A wing of the Saint Antoine Convent, converted into a museum, is dedicated to the memory of the Polish poet Juliusz Slowacki, who visited Lebanon during his trip to the Orient, where he wrote his famous patriotic poem entitled Anhelli.&nbsp;- Opening hours Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm Saturday 8:30am-12pm

LAU Louis Cardahi Foundation

The museum of the foundation contains treasures from the private Louis Cardahi collection, including: - Phoenician artifacts, such as a statuette of Ishtar-Aphrodite taking her ablution. - Oil lamps and small glass vases. - Lithographs by the famous archeologist Ernest Renan. - Reproduction from the Louvre Museum: bust of Osorkon, stone of Yehawmilk, basalt lion of the Persian fortress.The foundation’s Library holds approximately 1500 specialized volumes dedicated mostly to the historic and cultural life of the city of Jbeil and its region. Print periodicals are supplemented by subscriptions to various <a href="http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/databases/">online databases</a> (books, journals, magazines, brochures and CDs).-Opening hours Tuesday-Saturday 9am-4pm

Lebanese Heritage House

Perched on a hill overlooking the ancient church of Our Lady of Ilige and the Monastery of Mayfouq in Mayfouq, Lebanon, we find one of Lebanon’s hidden national treasures: “the Lebanese Heritage House” of the late Marie Khalife. Over a period of more than 30 years, Khalife amassed hundreds of cultural objects from around Lebanon to create a replica of the characteristic Lebanese home. Her villa and the museum it housed were finished in 1990, at which point she opened it for free to the public. Opening hours Booking only

Yarzeh

Military Museum

The Lebanese Military Museum is part of the Lebanese Armed Forces and dedicated for the preservation of old Lebanese military antiques. The museum is currently located at the Ministry of National Defense in Yarzeh.- Opening hours Monday-Friday 7:30am-2:30pm

Lebanon Black Castle

The Black Castle is situated in Kousba, in the district of Koura, just off the road to the well-known village of Bcharreh. As evidenced by the castle's unique style and design, Dr. Sarraf was also an artist. There's a museum that showcases his unique sculptures and paintings. A display of items from Dr. Sarraf's clinics can also be viewed in the museum attached to the castle.&nbsp;- Opening hours Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm

Mleeta

Mleeta Tourist Landmark of the Resistance

Located in a mountainous area about 30 kilometers southeast of Saida, between Ain Bousouar and Jba`a, Mleeta - the so-called Hezbollah museum - was opened in 2010. From the first withdrawal of the Israeli occupation in 1985 until its final withdrawal in 2000, this 60,000sqm area served as the strategic and military base of the resistance against Israel. It was the position from where thousands of military missions were conducted inside the Israeli occupation zone. The museum was created in memory of the faith, endurance and free will of men (the mujahideen), fighting against the Israeli occupation of their country. Symbolizing the defeat, it displays captured Israeli tanks, Jeeps, helicopter parts, bombs, weapons and other Israeli army equipment. You can visit the caves and forest from where the resistance operated and see displays of armed tanks, rockets, bombs and guns used in the fight against the enemy. Don't miss the 12 minute video introduced by Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah.&nbsp;- Opening hours Everyday 9am-4pm

Antelias

Cilicia Museum

The Christian-Armenian culture in Cilicia came to its end by the genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the times of World War I. During the deportations, the monastic brotherhood of the Catholikosate of Cilicia was expelled from Sis (Turkish Kozan). By inexpressible efforts, they were able to save to Aleppo the treasures of St. Sophia's Cathedral, including liturgical instruments, precious vestments and holy relics which have been guarded for centuries. The dramatic rescue operation became famous as Vankin Karawane - the monastery caravan. When the Catholikosate of Cilicia was relocated to the Lebanon in 1930, the treasure accompanied it. Since 1918, it has found its home in the Cilicia Museum in Antelias.&nbsp;The explanations of the monastery treasure are supplemented by unknown contemporary photos and documents from the Johannes Lepsius Archives in Halle about the fate of the Cilician Armenians at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as by the eye-witness report of the monastery caravan, which has been translated from the Armenian language for the first time.&nbsp;- Opening hours Summer: Monday-Friday 8am-2pm; Saturday 8am-12pm&nbsp; Winter: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 10am-1pm

Aley district

Baysour

Jamil Molaeb Museum

Situated in the village of Baysour in Mount Lebanon, the Jamil Molaeb Museum was built between the years 2011 and 2015 by the artist Jamil Molaeb. The museum is near his atelier and traditional house, where he was born and raised. It is the home of his paintings, sculptures and mosaics. The museum also offers an exceptional permanent collection of paintings by other Lebanese masters from the 19th and 20th century.&nbsp;The museum hosts the Molaeb Festival for Chamber Music and Fine Arts. Every&nbsp;year&nbsp;this international festival hosts&nbsp;musicians&nbsp;from around the world&nbsp;to&nbsp;perform&nbsp;chamber music&nbsp;concerts&nbsp;at&nbsp;the museum,&nbsp;and&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;in&nbsp;different&nbsp;venues&nbsp;in&nbsp;Beirut. Being&nbsp;resident&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;charming Mount Lebanon&nbsp;village, guest artists&nbsp;and&nbsp;musicians&nbsp;will&nbsp;get&nbsp; to&nbsp;learn about&nbsp;Lebanese&nbsp;art,&nbsp;and&nbsp;life&nbsp;culture, likewise&nbsp;exchanging culture with the locals.&nbsp;- Opening hours Booking only

Ain Kfaa

Maroun Abboud Museum

Maroun Abboud designed and built his own house according to the Lebanese architecture. He later transformed it into a museum.&nbsp;- Opening hours Booking only

St. Anthony Qozhaya Monastery Museum