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Sursock Museum In Beirut Reopens To The Public After Beirut Blast
The Sursock Museum in Beirut reopened after being closed for almost three years. It had been damaged by the city’s port explosion and lost some of its art and buildings.
The museum got fixed up with help from Italy, France, and Lebanon
The museum is in the Ashrafieh district’s center. It got damaged by the Beirut Blast, which also ruined other parts of the city. It got fixed up with help from Italy, France, and Lebanon. Different groups that care about keeping old things nice also pitched in.
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The museum has many modern and contemporary art pieces.
The Sursock Museum got a makeover. They replaced the windows, which included the unique stained glass. All doors, elevators, and ceilings got fixed. They also restored the fancy hand-carved wood outside. The museum is well-known for its white outside, arches, writings, and colored windows. It has many modern and contemporary art pieces.
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The museum fixed its art collection
The museum fixed its art collection that got damaged in the explosion. The artwork includes Consolation by Paul Giragossian and a 1939 portrait of Nicolas Sursock painted by Kees van Dongen. Lebanese artists made the paintings in the museum. Salwa Raouda Choucair, Georges Daoud Korm, and Jean Khalifa were some of those artists.
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