The second Armenian Genocide Museum in the world has been opened in the Lebanese city of Jubayl, whose ancient name is Byblos, L'Orient-Le Jour reports.

The location of Aram Bezikian Genocide Museum - which has opened hundred years after the mass killings committed by the Ottoman authorities - is quite symbolic: it is near the Bird’s Nest Orphanage, which was opened in 1915 by U.S. Near East Relief Fund for thousands of surviving children. The grave of the Dutch missionary Maria Jacobsen is located in the yard. Jacobsen, who managed the orphanage up to 1960, had witnessed the physical extermination of Armenians – willful, systematic and previously planned.

The museum is called after Aram Bezikian, the former foster child of the orphanage, who fled from Adana at the age of six. His son, Alecco Bezikian, is the initiator of the project. The museum, which is 400 square metres, is located under the main roof of an ancient building restored by architect Vicken Tarkhanian. The photos, identity cards, letters and documentaries exhibited in the museum reflect the scope of the tragedy.