In the gallery on the first floor, you will find all kinds of statuettes, weapons, and idols from Byblos; lots of jewelry; coins; a very fine Dionysus from Tyre; Byzantine carvings and some finds from the Islamic age. The last display contains some objects that were damaged during the Civil War. After all, the museum is built on what was once known as the Green Line: the frontier that divided Beirut. A badly damaged house, just northwest of the museum, is a reminder of the horrors.
It is quite a distance from the center of Beirut, so you need a taxi to go there. You need several hours to see all, and there is a nice bookshop. Across the street is a small restaurant, where we had some pizza and ayran.
This museum was visited in 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019.
 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Box with the name of pharaoh Amunemhet I
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb V, Sarcophagus of Ahirom
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of king Ahirom on his throne
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 Tyre, Statue of a female deity
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Statuette of a deity
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 Beirut, Statue of a Roman lady
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 Baalbek, Funerary wreath
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 Sidon, Coin with a triere
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 Niha, Large temple, Builders' model
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 Byblos, Bull's head
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 Beirut, Theater mask
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 Byblos, Chalcolithic burial
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 Sidon, Phoenician statue
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral (1)
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 Niha, Roman altar, dedicated to a female deity (Fortuna), with two lions
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 Byblos, Chalcolithic amulets
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 Coin from Byblos: Phoenician ship
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Throne of Astarte
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of a bull and griffin
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Axe
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 Sidon, Roman doll
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Pot
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 Byblos, Statue of pharaoh Osorkon II
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 Tyre, Wall painting of a carrier
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Relief of a horseman
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 Sidon, Capital of a Persian column
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 Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of the Drunken Cupids, back
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 Byblos, Phoenician funerary inscription
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus with a Fighting Scene
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 Baalbek, Theater, Model
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword, grip
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 Beirut, Inscription mentioning Queen Berenice and King Agrippa II
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 Byblos, Royal Tombs, Pectoral
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: killing of a Trojan Captive
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 Byblos, Statuette of a hippopotamus
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of the Drunken Cupids, front
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: the Corpse of Hector.
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 Beirut, Medal of St. Catharine
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 Beirut, Envy Mosaic
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 Byblos, mosaic with Silenus
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 Byblos, Hellenistic colossus
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 Sidon, Sarcophagus relief of a boat
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 Beirut, Roman colonnade (originally near the Place d'Etoile)
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Obelisk of Abi Chemou
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 Suweydie, Mosaic of the Seven Sages
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 Coin from Byblos: Heracles-Melqart with the features of Alexander the Great
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 Calliope
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 Kamed el-Loz, Incense burner
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 Sidon, Sarcophagus relief of Psyche
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 Tyre, Head of Dionysus
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 Byblos, Statuette of Bes
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 Sidon, Bronze Age bottle
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 Cleobulus
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 Pittacus
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 Byblos, Roman Nymphaeum, Statue of Hygeia
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 Byblos, Relief with a hieroglyphic text
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: lions
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 Beirut, Tyche
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 A murex shell
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Tribune, Relief with Muses
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 Beirut, Relief of an eagle and a wreath
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 Periander
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 Baalbek, Gold mask
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 Beirut, Mercury or Hermes
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 A big lump, containing some inhomogenuous pieces of ancient glass
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 Bias
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 Thales
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword
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 Beirut, Figurine of the Dioscuri
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Temple of Eshmun, foundation inscription
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 Tyre, Portrait of Septimius Severus
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Scimitar
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 Byblos, Statuettes of baboons
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 Byblos, Statuette of Hathor
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 Byblos, mosaic with the abduction of Europa
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 Sidon, Base of a Persian column
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 Beirut, Hellenistic wall painting (First Pompeian Style)
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 Tyre, Stele of Ramesses II and Ra-Horakhty
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Statue of a baby
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: Washing the Body of Patroclus
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 Sidon, Statue of a man
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 Suweydie, Mosaic of the Seven Sages, Summer and Mother Earth
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 Beirut, Torso of a colossus
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 Byblos, Inlay with Egyptian lotus flowers
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 Socrates
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 Sidon, Figurine of Aphrodite
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 Solon
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 Tyre, Hellenistic throne of Astarte
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Gold disk
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 Chilon
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 Tyre, Phoenician statue
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