Misrata War Museum
The Misrata War Museum contains a collection of weapons, photos and objects linked to the Libyan War of 2011. It is located in the Libyan city of Misrata. History. Misrata was one of the cities most repressed by the regime of Muammar Gaddafi during the Libyan War of 2011. For that reason, when the conflict ended in the country and the Libyan leader was defeated, it was decided to build a museum to show the weapons used during the war and so that people would not "forget" what happened. It was the first of this kind built  in Libya. It was decided to install on Tripoli Street, where the most intense fighting between the Gaddafi loyalist forces and the rebels was recorded, and it was dedicated to the memory of Murad Ali Hasan Yaber, an Al Jazeera cameraman who died in Benghazi while reporting on the rebellion. Initially, the Museum was managed by volunteer activists without any professional guiding the work. Despite this, it managed to attract an average of 1,500 visits per week in the first months. Collection. The articles exhibited in the museum are mostly symbols of the regime that were brought from the bastions  of Gaddafi ( Tripoli and Sirte ) to Misrata by the more than 200 brigades of militiamen of the city. Among the exhibited pieces are: