National Museum of Beirut

The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The museum's collection began after World War I and the institution was officially opened in 1942. Its holdings comprise about 100,000 objects — primarily antiquities and medieval finds recovered in excavations conducted by Lebanon's Directorate General of Antiquities. The supplied research notes and sources discuss the museum's founding, its role as a national repository for archaeological material, and the scope of its collections. The provided materials do not document any paranormal incidents, named supernatural entities, witness accounts, or specific phenomena associated with the museum. Fragments in some supplied sources mention the word "Beirut" in fictional contexts unrelated to the museum; these do not constitute evidence of hauntings or "cursed exhibits." Because the supplied documents contain institutional and collection information only, no investigative theories or folkloric attributions about hauntings can be supported from the notes provided. Further research into local folklore collections, eyewitness testimony, contemporary journalism, or specialist studies would be required to substantiate any claims about alleged curses or paranormal activity at the museum.