The Lebanese Marine and Wildlife Museum is a zoological museum in Jeita, and is one of the largest such museums in the middle east. Over 90% of the specimens in the museum were collected from Lebanon by Dr. Jamal Younes.
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A very bad idea for children. They showed the animals in a very ugly way, its like you are in some horror movie. The setup and the smell and the sounds they put there are terrible. And the famous guide who is walking with you all the time and with very poor and wrong information! Who said that you need someone to accompany you in a museum????? All you need is a piece of paper with all the description of the animals you are seeing there with the directions where you should go in order to arrive to the exit door! Please! For all these reasons i think this museum was empty! No one was there except us. Its sad. Unfortunately not...
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It is funny that in the middle of the mountain there is marine life museum!
But it is not just that, there are several animals and other rocks and crystals insects and butterflies.
Tour guide was friendly and offered to take pictures of us. Yet didn't say much about the several sights we were passing through.
There were several live snakes, almost the only living animals on display.
The entire tour would need about 30-45 minutes to complete depending on how long you want to stay look at things.
Iiked fossils and history related to them the most.
Fun fact: If your kid is a fan of sponge bob, he/she will enjoy seeing...
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Terrible. The mummified animals aren't at all well taken care of, the smell is bad, and there is dust all over the place, no wonder why the museum was half empty. A terrible place to bring kids and a not very enjoyable experience for adults. The museum was okay back in the day but now it's just an overpriced warehouse full of dead animals and no catalogue or brochure,...
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