Sursock Museum
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Sursock Museum is a prominent modern and contemporary art museum housed in a historic villa in the Achrafieh district of Beirut, Lebanon.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
ⓘ
historic house museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Italianate architecture
ⓘ
Neo-Mamluk architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionType |
Lebanese art
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Middle Eastern art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ modern art ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| damagedBy | Beirut explosion of 4 August 2020 ⓘ |
| founder | Nicolas Sursock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitectForRenovation |
Jacques Aboukhaled
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean-Michel Wilmotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasementLevels | 2 ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
installations
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paintings ⓘ photographs ⓘ prints ⓘ sculptures ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionSpace | approximately 8,500 square meters ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
auditorium
ⓘ
bookshop ⓘ café ⓘ exhibition galleries ⓘ library ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://sursock.museum/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic villa ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance | major cultural landmark in Beirut ⓘ |
| inception | 1961 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Achrafieh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ Beirut Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Mount Lebanon region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nicolas Sursock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 5 ⓘ |
| occupies | Nicolas Sursock’s former villa ⓘ |
| openedToPublic | 1961 ⓘ |
| operator | Municipality of Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfExhibitions |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterRenovation | 2015 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Rue Sursock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | 2008–2015 ⓘ |
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