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  • 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

  • Hala Wardé Selected to Design Beirut Museum of Art

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    Following an architectural design competition that was launched last year to build the new Beirut Museum of Modern Art, 13 designers were chosen by the jury to compete in a series of rounds and I just read on The Guardian that the Paris-based architect Hala Wardé was selected to design the new museum.

    Wardé’s design comprises a 124 meters tower divided into a dozen 12 meter cubes that will house a library, several galleries, exhibition spaces, artists in residence and classes. The museum is set to open in 2020 and will be located on piece of land owned by the Saint-Joseph University opposite to National Museum in Mthaf.

    The area there between Mathaf and Ras El-Nabeh is one of my favorite parts in town and the new modern art museum will definitely make it more glamorous!

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    Photos are all via The Guardian