Beirut's Sursock Museum reopens three years after 2020 port blast | Arts and Culture
The palatial modern art museum was badly damaged in the explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital.
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The palatial modern art museum was badly damaged in the explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital.
DUBAI: Just under three years ago, Beirut’s Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum was wrecked after several thousand tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the Beirut Port on August 4, 2020. Parts of the early-20th-century townhouse were completely destroyed, artworks were damaged, and the Lebanese capital’s oldest independent cultural establishment, the center of Beirut’s cultural