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Sursock Museum, officially known as Nicolas Sursock Museum, is located in the historic street known as Rue Sursock in the Achrafieh district of Beirut. It is a modern art museum in Beirut, Lebanon. The Sursock Museum is a great example of Lebanese architecture, which has Italianate, specifially Venetian, and Ottoman architectural influences. The museum was built by the Sursock family at the end of the 19th century as a private villa. It was then donated to the Lebanese government after the death of Nicholas Sursock in 1961 and now houses Beirut's most influential and popular art museum.
In the museum, more than a hundred exhibitions are held, displaying the works of both Lebanese and international artists. The permanent collection shows a collection of Japanese engravings and numerous works of Islamic art, and temporary exhibitions are shown throughout the year. The museum collection consists of 5,000 pieces, such as paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glassware, and iconography, dating from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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