Museums and Galleries in Pakistan
|
| On
independence Pakistan
inherited seven museums, out of which Museums at
Lahore and Peshawar
were run by the Provincial Governments while site museum of at
Harappa, Moenjodaro, Taxila and
the Armoury
Museum in Lahore Fort were
looked after by Central Government through its Department of Archaeology.
a Immediately after independence plans were
taken in hand to establish National Museum of Pakistan. It was on
17th April 1950 that the
National Museum of Pakistan was inaugurated in Freer Hall building,
replacing the defunct Victoria
Museum.
In order to advise the National Museum of Pakistan to
enrich its collection through new acquisition, an Advisory Council for the
purchase of antiquities and works of Arts was also formed by the government
in 1950.
The development of museums in the country has been
spectacular and the last decades have seen quite a few museums being
established and many others reorganized on modern lines. Recently a museum
exclusively devoted to Allama Iqbal at Javed Manzil, Lahore and another
House
Museum in the Quaid-I-Azam
House (Flag Staff House) Karachi have been
established. The detail of the existing museums under the charge of the
Department of Archaeology & Museums as well as some of the private museums
is given below:
|
| Provinces: |
S. No. |
Name of Museum |
Establishment |
| Balochistan: |
1 |
Quetta Museum, Quetta
|
1972
|
| NWFP: |
2 |
Peshawar
Museum, |
1947 |
| |
3 |
University Museum-Peshawar,
|
1995 |
| |
4 |
Chakdara Museum, |
1960 |
| |
5 |
Archaeological Museum, Saidu Sharif, Swat. |
1963
|
| Punjab: |
6 |
Archaeological Museum Taxila, Distt. Rawalpindi |
1990 |
| |
7 |
Armoury
Museum, old Fort,
Lahore |
1928 |
| |
8 |
Mughal and
Sikh Galleries in Lahore-Fort. |
1928 |
| |
9 |
Archaeological Museum, Harappa,
Distt: Sahiwal (Reorganized) |
1965 |
| |
10 |
Allama
Iqbal
Museum, Javed Manzil,
Lahore. |
1967 |
| |
11 |
Museum-cum-Library at Iqbal Manzil, Sialkot.
|
1977 |
| |
12 |
Bahawalpur
Museum, Bahawalpur
|
1977 |
| |
13 |
Faqirkhana Museum, Lahore,
(Private) |
|
| |
14 |
Chughatai Museum, Lahore,
(Private) |
|
| |
15 |
Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore,
(Private) |
|
| |
16 |
Arts & Craft Museum Lahore,
(Punjab govt.) |
|
| |
17 |
Science Museum-Lahore, |
|
| |
18 |
Lokvirsa Museum- Islamabad |
|
| |
19 |
Natural History Museum-
Islamabad |
|
| Sindh: |
20 |
National
Museum of
Pakistan of
Pakistan,
Karachi |
1990 |
| |
21 |
Museum at
Quaid-I-Azam Birth Place Karachi
(Flag Staff House Museum) |
1950 |
| |
22 |
Archaeological Museum, Moenjodaro Distt. Larkana (Reorganized) |
1953 |
| |
23 |
Archaeological Museum, Banbhore, Distt. Thatta. |
1967 |
| |
24 |
Archaeological Museum, Omerkot, Distt: Tharparkar |
1967 |
| |
25 |
Archaeological Museum, Hyderabad
Fort, Hyderabad.
|
1968 |
| |
26 |
Moenjodaro Museum-Moenjodaro. |
|
| |
27 |
University Museum-Hyderabad
|
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Galleries |
|
| Karachi |
Arts Council Gallery, Ali Imam Gallery, Koonj Gallery- |
| Lahore |
Al-Hamra Art Gallery, Lahore Art Gallery, Croweater gallery- |
| Islamabad |
National Art Gallery, Nomad Art Gallery- Rohtas Art Gallery - |
| Rawalpindi |
Karavan Art Gallery - |
