Libya’s National Museum Reopens After 14 Years

Libya’s National Museum, known as As-Saraya Al-Hamra or the Red Castle Museum, has reopened in Tripoli for the first time since the 2011 revolution that ended the four-decade rule of Muammar el-Qaddafi. The Red Castle is a symbol of Libya’s ancient, layered history, with a foundation dating to the Roman era, and significant expansions undertaken in the 1500s, 1930s, and 1980s—when the structure was first converted into a museum. The largest museum in the North African coun