Lahore Museum

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The most historically and culturally significant city in Pakistan is Lahore. Lahore is the epitome of the complex and rich Mughal history, yet it is not all that this city has accomplished. the imposing red-brick structure next to the renowned National College of Arts on Shahrahe-e-Quaid-Azam, formerly known as the Mall road. The Lahore Museum is one of the most popular and well-recognized museums in the nation due to its huge collection of historical artifacts. The largest collection of artistic, historical, and cultural items in the nation is housed here. The variety of items it keeps is enormous, and the various religious artifacts demonstrate the nation's unwavering support for religious tolerance. Prehistoric and protohistoric galleries, a coin collection, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina galleries, an arms gallery, an ethnological gallery, an Islamic gallery, a Gandhara collection gallery, postage stamps, miniature paintings, contemporary paintings, and a gallery devoted to the Pakistan Movement make up the collection. Every gallery at the Lahore Museum has a distinct specialty and quality that makes visiting a fascinating historical and cultural experience. One of the largest collections of coinage on the subcontinent is found at the Lahore Museum, which has over 40,000 coins. It includes coins produced during the reigns of all dynasties that ruled the area, including the Mauryans, the Sultans, the Mughals, the Indo-Parthians, the Kushans, the Hindu Shahia, the Arabs, the Graeco-Bactrians, the Indo-Greeks, the Ghaznavids, the Durranis, the Sikhs, the Indo-Scythians, the Huns and the British.  For this reason, many historians, and archaeologists make sure to visit this museum when in Lahore. This museum also contains coins from the reigns of the Ummayds and Abbassids, as well as many other Muslim dynasties that ruled over central Asia. The priceless collection also contains the first coins that Mahmood of Ghazna produced in Lahore, which bore the legend of Mahmoodpur, the new name Mahmood gave to Lahore. The voyage of coinage through time in the subcontinent is depicted in this section of the Lahore Museum, which offers visitors an outstanding experience. Even while the Gandhara collection at the Lahore Museum is not as large as the one in Peshawar, it nevertheless has several intriguing items in both the reserve collection and the exhibition. In addition to being one of the finest examples of Gandharan art, the statue of Fasting Siddhartha is also one of the most valuable artifacts. It is one of the museum's most well-known galleries. Every gallery offers an engaging and enthralling experience to the visitor. The Lahore of today is significantly different from the Lahore of the past, therefore if you want to experience both history and the future, you must go to the Lahore Museum.

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    3 hours

Address of Lahore Museum

Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, The Mall, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan

Opening & Closing time of Lahore Museum

  • Monday
    09:00-16:00
  • Tuesday
    09:00-16:00
  • Wednesday
    09:00-16:00
  • Thursday
    09:00-16:00
  • Friday
    09:00-16:00
  • Saturday
    09:00-16:00
  • Sunday
    09:00-16:00