National Museum of Beirut
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The National Museum of Beirut is Lebanon’s principal archaeological museum, renowned for its extensive collection of artifacts spanning from prehistory through the Ottoman period.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
archaeological museum
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national museum → |
| architect |
Antoine Nahas
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| architecturalStyle |
Art Deco
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| buildingCompleted |
1937
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| collectionSize |
tens of thousands of artifacts in storage
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| collectionType |
antiquities
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archaeology → |
| constructionStartDate |
1930
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| continent |
Asia
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| coordinates |
33.881°N 35.509°E
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| country |
Lebanon
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| exhibitLanguage |
Arabic
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English → French → |
| hasFloor |
basement level
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ground floor → upper floor → |
| hasWebsite |
http://www.beirutnationalmuseum.com/
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| heritageDesignation |
principal archaeological museum of Lebanon
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| inception |
1942
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| locatedIn |
Badaro district
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Beirut → Beirut metropolitan area → |
| mainCollectionPeriod |
Bronze Age
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Byzantine period → Hellenistic period → Iron Age → Islamic period → Ottoman period → Phoenician period → Prehistory → Roman period → |
| materialUsed |
limestone
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| nearbyLandmark |
Beirut Hippodrome
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Palais de Justice (Beirut courthouse) → |
| notableCollection |
Byblos royal necropolis finds
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Phoenician sarcophagi → anthropoid sarcophagi → classical sculptures → mosaics from Lebanon → |
| numberOfItems |
approximately 1300 objects on display
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| openingDate |
1942-05-27
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| operator |
Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon
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| ownedBy |
Government of Lebanon
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| region |
Middle East
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| reopeningAfterRestoration |
1999
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| significantEvent |
damaged during Lebanese Civil War
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restoration after Lebanese Civil War → |
| warDamagePeriod |
1975–1990
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