The Nocturnal Evenings are organized by the National Heritage Foundation, Museum Committee, in cooperation with the Directorate General of Antiquities.

These nights have become a yearly tradition celebrated on Christmas and New Year Eves.

They aim to encourage the people of Lebanon to visit their Museum more often, to closely keep-in-touch with newly found and restored objects, to discover new publications (documentary films, books, pamphlets) and to buy their gifts at the Museum Gift Shop, the proceeds of which are used for the maintenance of the National Museum.