MIM Museum

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MIM Museum
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Building where the museum is housed at Saint Joseph University
MIM Museum
Established2013
Location Beirut, Lebanon
Coordinates 33°52′48″N35°30′51″E / 33.88000°N 35.51417°E / 33.88000; 35.51417
TypeMineralogy museum
Website www.mim.museum
mim museum, Universite Saint-Joseph Campus of the Innovation and Sport at Beyrouth MIM (musee) Musee des mineraux - Beyrouth 01.jpg
mim museum, Université Saint-Joseph Campus of the Innovation and Sport at Beyrouth

The MIM is a private museum in Beirut, Lebanon. The name is an abbreviation of "Mineral Museum." [1] The museum displays more than 2,000 minerals, representing 450 different species from 70 countries, and is considered one of the most significant private collections of minerals in the world. [2] It opened in 2013. [3] The museum also hosts an exhibition of marine and flying fossils from Lebanon.

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History

The MIM mineral collection was put together from 1997 by Salim Eddé, chemical engineer and co-founder of the computer company Murex. In 2004, he decided to make his collection accessible to the public and designed the first museum of its kind in Lebanon. Eddé presented the idea to Father René Chamussy, rector of the Saint Joseph University of Beirut, who adopted it and reserved for the collection 1,300 m2 in the basement of a building then under construction on the campus near the National Museum of Beirut. [4] The inauguration of the museum, built on the personal funds of the collector, finally took place in October 2013.

Fossils

Catalogue NumberTaxonAgeUnitImages
MIM F1 (holotype) [1] Mimodactylus libanensis Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Hjoula, Sannine Formation Mimodactylus.png
MIM F49 (holotype) [6] Eupodophis descouensi Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Nammoura, Sannine Formation Eupodophis descouensi Holotype.jpg
MIM F63 (holotype) [7] Libanoliupanshania mimi Cenomanian, Late CretaceousHjoula, Sannine Formation
MIM F64 (holotype) and F65 (paratype) [7] Libanocordulia debiei Cenomanian, Late CretaceousHjoula, Sannine Formation
MIM F1001 (holotype) and F1002, F1003, F1008, F1009, F1016, F1017 (paratypes) [8] Pinnichnus haqilensis Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Haqel, Sannine Formation
MIM F1021 (holotype) [8] Pinnichnus emmaeCenomanian, Late CretaceousNammoura, Sannine Formation

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References

  1. 1 2 Kellner, A.W.A.; Caldwell, M.W.; Holgado, B.; Dalla Vecchia, F.M.; Nohra, R.; Sayão, J.M.; Currie, P.J. (2019). "First complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent: insight into pterodactyloid diversity". Scientific Reports. 9: 17875. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54042-z .
  2. ↑ Lina, Kobeissi (11 May 2017). "The world's most exciting private collection of minerals hides in Beirut". Museeum. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Lyckberg, Peter (16 October 2013). "The MIM Museum opening, Lebanon". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Salim Eddé, deux passions au service du Liban". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "mim museum". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Zaher, H.; Augusta, B.G.; Rabinovich, R.; Polcyn, M.J.; Tafforeau, P. (2022). "A review of the skull anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of marine pachyophiid snakes". In Gower, D.J.; Zaher, H. (eds.). The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes. Systematics Association Special Volume. Vol. 90. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 180–206. doi:10.1017/9781108938891.012.
  7. 1 2 Azar, D.; Maksoud, S.; Huang, D.; Nel, A. (2019). "First Lebanese dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata, Aeshnoptera, Cavilabiata) from the Arabo-African mid-Cretaceous paleocontinent". Cretaceous Research. 93: 78–89. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.025.
  8. 1 2 Pokorný, R.; Nohra, R.; Abi Saad, P.; Vallon, L.H. (2025). "Death on "live broadcast" — fish mortichnia from the Upper Cretaceous plattenkalk of Lebanon". Paleobiology. 50 (4): 627–640. doi:10.1017/pab.2024.28.


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