Exhibits
Seven worlds under one roof
Walk the museum the way it was built: from the predators of the Lebanese mountains, through forest and desert, down to the shells, the sharks and the deep sea — and out through a hall of stone and time.
In walkthrough order
Hall 1
Marine Life & Sharks
More than forty shark species, dolphins, sea turtles and hundreds of fish — the biggest hall, and the one that started it all.
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Hall 2
Seashells & Corals
Shells, sea stars and corals from the Mediterranean floor, arranged by shape and colour like a jeweller’s tray.
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Hall 3
Birds & Forest
From the eagle owl to the little egret: the birds that breed in Lebanon’s forests, and the millions that pass over it on migration.
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Hall 4
Predators & Mammals
Wolves, hyenas, foxes and badgers — the hunters of Lebanon’s mountains, closer than you’ll ever see them in the wild.
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Hall 5
Reptiles & Desert
Vipers, chameleons, mastigures and monitors — the cold-blooded residents of our driest places.
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Fossils & Minerals
Stone, crystal and the imprints of creatures that swam here millions of years before the sea had a name.
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Hall 7
Live Reptile Zoo
Meet them alive: snakes, lizards, tortoises and crocodilians in Lebanon’s first reptile zoo.
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Ready to see it for real?
The museum is open every day in Jeita, on the road to the grotto.