A must visit for any art lover of any form or period! Bold architecture meets ageless art collections, all steps away from one of the best Lebanese sandy shores.
Named after the Mesopotamian patron god of literacy, this unique museum combines a mesmerising collection of ceramics and artefacts dating back thousands of years, along with an extensive modern and contemporary art of the region’s finest.
| From the museum’s website
“The Nabu Museum building was designed in collaboration with Iraqi-Canadian artist Mahmoud Obaidi and Iraqi artist Dia Azzawi.
The enveloping façade of the museum was fashioned of weathering-steel representing a monumental scripted relief based on a visual lexicon developed over their respective long careers in painting, drawing, sculpture, and print.
The interior space of the museum is boldly conceived by Obaidi as a simple cube with a capacious open interior, easily adaptable for changing exhibitions. The museum also houses a library with an extensive collection of books on art, archaeology, history, and geography, along with a collection of rare manuscripts.”