Nawl Museum

About this activity

History

Nawl accompanied the Lebanese’ social life, becoming a vital and inevitable necessity due to the living conditions and needs,  where families wove their clothes by hand, using sheep’s wool and goat hairs. The Zoukiotes developed the Nawl coming from Syria and improved its production capacity, and they succeeded in the production of rich abayas, household textiles, wall tapestries, capes, scarves, and much more decorated with brilliant designs and threads.

Description

The very diligent municipality of Zouk has continuously strived to preserve the ancient craft of  Nawl and in April 2019 the  Museum was classified as National Museum. Today in a quaint and charming building, people display their work for all to see. Looms dating back as far as 1732 are on display and the loom designed and built by a much beloved local weaver is a must-see!

Opening hours

Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
Saturday 9am-1pm