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“Museums in a Suitcase” Photo Gallery

August 4, 2020
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Children in the Tawergah refugee camp enjoyed interacting with the materials in the Suitcase Museum.
The volunteers in Ghadames were exposed to many aspects of the city's intangible heritage, including traditional poetry and songs.
The first Suitcase Museum bag focused on Libya's intangible heritage was launched at the headquarters of the Libyan Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.
Students at Tripoli's Granada School worked to complete a mosaic building exercise as part of a Suitcase Museum outreach day.
Scouts in the oasis town of Houn enjoyed an outreach session with the Suitcase Museum.
Participants gathered at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Sabratha for the first of the Volunteer "Pop-up" Weekend Events.
Volunteers carefully cleaned areas where new growth threatened in situ mosaic panels during the Sabratha event.
Volunteers assisted in the spring maintenance of the site, clearing recent growth around the site of Sabratha.
Participants are led in a pottery conservation exercise in Sabratha.

Due to the ongoing conflict, museums across Libya remain closed to protect their collections from looting and other damage. As a result, many communities in Libya have lost a vital link to their country’s rich past that museums and public programming create.

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