Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, three years after a deadly explosion in Beirut's port — set off by tons of improperly stored chemicals — reduced many of its treasured paintings and collections to ashes.
A crowd of people gather at the courtyard of the Sursock Museum during an opening event for the iconic venue in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 26, 2023. The museum has reopened to the public, three years after after a deadly explosion in the nearby Beirut port reduced many of its treasured paintings and collections to ashes.
The museum housed Lebanese art dating back from the late 1800s, including the work of distinguished painter Georges Corm and Fouad Debbas’ library of 30,000 photographs — one of the largest private photo collections. The photos are from across the Levant, a region encompassing countries along the eastern Mediterranean, from Turkey to Egypt, from 1830 until the 1960s. In 2008, a seven-year project renovated and expanded the museum, relaunching it in 2015.
Two months after the explosion, then-museum director Zeina Arida launched a fundraising campaign, estimating the damages to be around $3 million at the time. The museum eventually raised over $2 million to restore the building and the artwork with support from Italy, France, UNESCO and various private organizations.
Art is now more important than ever, she added. “In the face of darkness, fought through art and culture," she said. The Sursock Museum was not the only art space damaged in the port explosion and restored in the years since.
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