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  • La Nuit des Musées 2019 is Taking Place This Saturday April 6th

    The Ministry of Culture is organizing the 6th edition of La Nuit des Musées this Saturday April 6th. And this year, 14 museums around Lebanon will be open for free to the public starting 5:00PM until late at night.

    Free shuttles will be available at LibanPark parking in the Mathaf area in Beirut for people wish to visit the museums in the north and south, but reservations are mandatory through Virgin Ticketing box office to secure your place.

    I highly recommend you use public transportation to visit the participating museums in Beirut by the way because it tends to get very crowded around them on this day.

    Here’s the list of the participating museums:

    MUSÉE NATIONAL DE BEYROUTH
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    “Mathaf”, rue de Damas

    MIM, MUSÉE DES MINÉRAUX
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Campus de l’innovation et du sport, Université Saint-Joseph

    MUSÉE DE PRÉHISTOIRE LIBANAISE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ SAINT-JOSEPH
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue de l’Université Saint-Joseph, quartier Monot

    VILLA AUDI
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue Georges Choueri, Achrafieh

    MUSÉE NICOLAS IBRAHIM SURSOCK
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue St Nicolas, Achrafieh

    MUSÉE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE L’AUB
    de 17h00 à 22h00
    Université américaine de Beyrouth, Ras Beyrouth

    MUSÉE DE LA BANQUE DU LIBAN
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Locaux de la Banque du Liban, Sanayeh

    MUSÉE DU CATHOLICOSSAT DE CILICIE
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Antélias

    SENTIER CULTUREL À SAÏDA
    MUSÉE DU SAVON
    PALAIS DEBANNÉ
    KHAN SACY
    KHAN EL-IFRANJ
    MADRASAT AÏSHA
    de 17h00 à 22h00

    MUSÉE DES ORPHÉLINS DU GÉNOCIDE ARMÉMIEN “ARAM BEZIKIAN”
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Jbeil

    MACAM – MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Alita, Jbeil

    MUSÉE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE BALAMAND
    de 17h00 à 22h00
    Koura

    MUSÉE NABU
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    El Heri, Batroun

  • La Nuit des Musées 2018 is Taking Place This Saturday

    The Ministry of Culture is organizing the 5th edition of La Nuit des Musées which will take place this Saturday April 14th. This year, 13 museums around Lebanon will be open for free to the public starting 5:00PM until late at night.

    Free shuttles will be available at LibanPark parking in Mathaf area for people from Beirut who wish to visit the museums in the north and south, but reservations are mandatory through Virgin Ticketing box office to secure your place.

    I highly recommend you use public transportation to visit the participating museums in Beirut by the way because it tends to get very crowded around them on this day.

    Here’s the list of the participating museums:

    MUSÉE NATIONAL DE BEYROUTH
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    “Mathaf”, rue de Damas

    MIM, MUSÉE DES MINÉRAUX
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Campus de l’innovation et du sport, Université Saint-Joseph

    MUSÉE DE PRÉHISTOIRE LIBANAISE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ SAINT-JOSEPH
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue de l’Université Saint-Joseph, quartier Monnot

    VILLA AUDI
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue St Nicolas, Achrafieh

    MUSÉE NICOLAS IBRAHIM SURSOCK
    de 17h00 à 00h00
    Rue St Nicolas, Achrafieh

    MUSÉE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE L’AUB
    de 17h00 à 22h00
    Université américaine de Beyrouth, Ras Beyrouth

    MUSÉE DE LA BANQUE DU LIBAN
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Locaux de la Banque du Liban, Sanayeh

    SENTIER CULTUREL À SAÏDA
    MUSÉE DU SAVON
    PALAIS DEBANNÉ
    KHAN SACY
    KHAN EL-IFRANJ
    KASR OLA
    de 17h00 à 23h00

    MUSÉE DU CATHOLICOSSAT DE CILICIE
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Antélias

    MUSÉE DES ORPHÉLINS DU GÉNOCIDE ARMÉMIEN “ARAM BEZIKIAN”
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Jbeil

    MACAM – MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Alita, Jbeil

    MUSÉE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE BALAMAND
    de 17h00 à 22h00
    Koura

  • Beirut Heritage Trail – 5,000 Years of Beirut’s History

    Walking through Beirut Souks, you can’t but notice these medallions fixed into the ground at various spots around the streets. I never knew their purpose until a couple of weeks ago when I looked closely to notice that they have “Beirut Heritage Trail” engraved on them and that each one points to a different direction. So I googled them a bit and found these medallions actually link archaeological sites, historic public spaces and heritage buildings over a 2.5Km walking circuit around the Souks and Beirut downtown.

    The circuit will start at the Beirut Souks, which retain the 2,500 year-old ancient street grid and Ottoman access gates, and incorporate several archeological remains including the Phoenico-Persian quarter, the city wall and moat, the restored Mamluk Zawiyat Ibn Iraq and Majidiya mosque. Among the sites featured in the trail are the Emir Munzer mosque, the Roman Baths, Riad El Solh Square and the Grand Theatre to name a few. Source

    The project also consists of 50 site panels providing information about the historic places around the heritage trail, so I assume one can learn a great deal about the history of Beirut by following the marks. I personally only know the history of very few sites in downtown, so I will be soon trying to make that walk especially that my kid loves to ride his scooter around the area there.

  • Don’t Miss La Nuit des Musées This Friday April 7th

    La Nuit des Musées is a cultural event in which many of the country’s museums open till a late hour at night free of charge for everyone. The Ministry of Culture has been organizing this event for three years now and its 4th edition is taking place this Friay April 7th.

    Last year’s “Nuit des Musées” was quite a success that some museums had massive traffic congestion around them, so if you’re willing to do some museum hopping this Friday then I highly recommend you arrange your transportation ahead of time an avoid using your own car to save the time you will be spending trying to find a parking space.

    Here’s the list of the participating museums:

    MUSÉE NATIONAL DE BEYROUTH
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    “Mathaf”, rue de Damas

    MIM, MUSÉE DES MINÉRAUX
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Campus de l’innovation et du sport, Université Saint-Joseph

    MUSÉE DE PRÉHISTOIRE LIBANAISE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ SAINT-JOSEPH
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue de l’Université Saint-Joseph, quartier Monnot

    VILLA AUDI
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue St Nicolas, Achrafieh

    MUSÉE NICOLAS IBRAHIM SURSOCK
    de 18h00 à 00h00
    Rue St Nicolas, Achrafieh

    MUSÉE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE L’AUB
    de 17h00 à 22h00
    Université américaine de Beyrouth, Ras Beyrouth

    MUSÉE DE LA BANQUE DU LIBAN
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Locaux de la Banque du Liban, Sanayeh

    MUSÉE DU SAVON
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue Moutran, Saida

    PALAIS DEBANNÉ
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Rue Moutran, Saida

    MUSÉE DU CATHOLICOSSAT DE CILICIE
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Antélias

    MUSÉE DES ORPHÉLINS DU GÉNOCIDE ARMÉMIEN “ARAM BEZIKIAN”
    de 17h00 à 23h00
    Jbeil

    MACAM – MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
    de 17h00 à 22h00
    Alita, Jbeil

    MUSÉE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE BALAMAND
    de 17h00 à 22h00
    Koura

    Photo via sobeirut.com

  • Interior photos of Amin Maalouf’s house

    amin maalouf apartment 4

    Habib Battah has some nice photos over at his blog Beirut Report showing the interior of Amin Maalouf’s house in Badaro which is currently being demolished by Kettaneh Group after getting the necessary approval from minster Gaby Layoun.

    amin maalouf apartment 1

    amin maalouf apartment 2

    amin maalouf apartment 3

    amin maalouf apartment

    I personally have mixed over this whole thing. As much as I hate to see such old houses going, I also feel for their owners who probably can no longer maintain them and could really make use of the money after selling them to some real estate development company, regardless of how ugly the resulting tower will be, and how affordable the apartments will be to the average Lebanese.

  • Beirut Theater will be demolished

    I heard about the demolishing of Beirut Theater located in Ain El-Mrayseh earlier in November but coudn’t find any piece of news online to support the story until today morning.

    I found this post by Marie-Josée Rizkallah over at “L’espace lunaire” blog about the matter, and a petition is now online calling for a sit-in in front of the Lebanese ministry of culture to save the theater by labeling it as a cultural heritage. Being real, I guess we all know these stuff never worked and the theater will eventually be demolished.

    Anyway, a friend of mine told me that Beirut Theater is now open free for people who want to exhibit their work or performance until it completely closes down anytime soon.