Mrs. Najla Ataya – Abou Jaoude, Museum Secretary  

Tel: + 961 1 350000 - ext. 2662
Fax: + 961 1 363235
e-mail: frndmuse@aub.edu.lb

Aims of the Society

Its objective is to spread the interest in archaeology to the AUB community and to everyone living in Lebanon and abroad.
The Society of the Friends of the Museum supports the AUB Museum by holding fund-raising events: its major achievement has been the sponsorship of the total renovation of the Museum in 2006.

Become a member

Categories of Membership:

Student           $10 (must present valid full-time ID)
Member          $100
Family             $150
Contributor     $200
Fellow             $500

Activities

The Society runs a full program of activities which are open to the public. These include lectures, temporary exhibitions, and children’s programs, cultural trips in Lebanon and abroad and the publication of the newsletter.

In addition to the regular program of yearly activities, members enjoy the following privileges:

        -          Gallery Talks and Museum Tours
-          Museum Newsletter
-          Trips in Lebanon and abroad
-          Expert Consultations upon request
-          Advance notice of all activities and lectures

Society trips

Since 1980, the Society of Friends of the AUB Museum organizes each year one or several Archaeological Tours in Lebanon and around the world. The tours stress the historical, cultural and archaeological aspects of the areas visited.

The tours are small groups with special itineraries customized for the AUB Museum and led by noted scholars, who can provide unique access to places of historical or cultural significance. The Society takes many day trips from Beirut throughout the year, and also organizes in depth tours to locations all over the Middle East as well as exotic places all over the world.

Previous locations have included 23 trips in Lebanon, 17 trips to different regions in Syria and 33 trips all around the world like Vietnam, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, China, Burma, Russia, Egypt, Sicily, Greece, Yemen, Mexico, Tunisia, Morocco, Cyprus…

Children’s Program

Four times a year, the Committee of the Children Program in the AUB Museum organizes an activity related to archaeology or history. This program takes place on Sundays, either in the Archaeological Museum premises or at locations around Lebanon.

The aim of this program is to foster children’s interest in history and archaeology by teaching them through games, arts and crafts.

"A Knight's Tale" (2009)

Masks through the ages (2008)

Plays performed by the kids in Byblos (2008)

Building mud brick houses in Terbol (2008) 

"Reviving the Olympic Games" in AUB's Green Field (2004) 

Lectures

The Society of Friends of the AUB Museum organizes a series of lectures on archaeology or history subjects. The lectures are held by local and foreign speakers. They are organized once a month, on Wednesday at 5:30 pm, in the Study Collection Hall (SCH) in Post Hall. Lectures are followed by a small reception in the Museum Gallery.

Exhibitions

The Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum organizes exhibitions in the Museum Gallery dealing with different subjects related to the Museum Collection.

Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition in the Museum (1999)