Beiteddine Palace Museum, Historical palace museum in Beiteddine, Lebanon.

Beiteddine Palace Museum occupies the former stables of the palace complex and displays an extensive collection of Byzantine mosaics from the 5th and 6th centuries alongside cultural artifacts from different periods. The collection spreads across indoor gallery spaces and outdoor areas within the palace gardens, where additional works are presented in the open air.

Emir Bashir II (1788–1840) built the palace on the hill of Beiteddine after consolidating his rule in 1806, and moved his seat of government there; a canal built between 1812 and 1815 brought water from the Safa springs. The palace remained the seat of the emirate until 1840, when Bashir was exiled to Malta, where he died in 1850. After the emirate was abolished, Emir Daoud Pasha bought the palace for the Lebanese government and made it the summer residence of the governors between 1864 and 1915. It was listed as a historic building in 1934 and became the official summer residence of the presidency in 1943, with President Bechara El Khoury as its first occupant.

The mosaics come mostly from Jieh, the ancient coastal Porphyreon, and carry Byzantine-Greek inscriptions that date them to the 5th and 6th centuries AD. Further mosaics from other Lebanese sites are set out in the adjacent palace gardens, so the collection continues outdoors among the plantings.

The museum sits in the old stables of the palace, with further mosaics laid out in the adjacent palace gardens, so part of the visit is outdoors. The palace stands on a hill about 750 m above sea level near Deir el Qamar, where summer afternoons are hot; come early or late in the day. Wear shoes for uneven garden paths and bring sun protection.

Beyond the well-known mosaics, the museum also holds Phoenician pottery, Roman glass, and traditional Lebanese costumes that show how people lived in this region across centuries. This ethnographic collection is often overlooked, yet it offers deeper insight into everyday life from the past than the more famous mosaic pieces.