Around 1.5 hour drive from Lebanon this is a beautiful location for the gallery and resting place of the famous Lebanese Philosopher, painter and Writer Gibran. This is an old converted monastery set up as a gallery for the works of Gibran and his final home village resting place. Very tastefully presented this gives a great insight to the man’s life and works set in this beautiful mountain location. To be respectful of no photographs within the museum. Well worth a visit.

Although Kahil Gibran has a large worldwide following because of his 1923 book The Prophet, he was also a painter and philosopher. Although he lived the bulk of his life in the USA, his desire was to be buried in Lebanon. In 1931 this location - a former monastery - was purchased and Gibran interred the following year. As a museum it doesn't really work, despite significant interest and help from worldwide sources. The guidebook is uninformative, and the museum layout spread over four floors accessible only by stairs. As for the collection itself, the walls are covered with a somewhat disturbing and repetitive series of nudes, and only some lovely pencil sketches hint of significant artistic talent. Unlabelled bookcases filled with what was presumably his book collection are dotted throughout the building. A display case filled with dozens of translated copies of The Prophet gives some sense of his popularity. Those who appreciate Gibran will likely enjoy this museum, but we were not fans.

The Gibran Museum is in Bsharri, North Governorate, 120 kilometers from Beirut at an altitude of 2,193 meters above sea level. It is dedicated to the Lebanese writer, philosopher and artist Khalil Gibran. Founded in 1935, the Gibran Museum possesses 440 original paintings and drawings. It also includes his furniture and belongings from his studio where he lived in New York City. Rare are the paintings that Gibran dated, signed and titled. Entrance fees 200,000 LBP.