Lahore Museum
The Lahore Museum (Punjabi: لہور میوزیم; Urdu: عجائب گھر لاہور; lit. 'Lahore Wonder House') is a museum located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1865 at a smaller location and opened in 1894 at its current location on The Mall in Lahore during the British colonial period, Lahore Museum is Pakistan's largest museum, as well as one of its most visited ones.
لہور میوزیم عجائب گھر لاہور | |
Entrance to the museum | |
Location within Lahore | |
Former name | Central Museum |
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| Established | 1865, moved to present site in 1894 |
| Location | The Mall, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 31.568226°N 74.308174°E |
| Type | Archaeology, art, heritage, modern history, religious |
| Collection size | 58,000 |
| Visitors | 227,994 (2018) |
| Director | Sadia Tehreem |
| Curator | Naushaba Anjum |
| Owner | Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (National Heritage and Culture Division) |
| Public transit access | Civil Secretariat, Lahore Metrobus |
| Website | lahoremuseum |
The museum houses an extensive collection of Buddhist art from the ancient Indo-Greek and Gandhara kingdoms. It also has collections from the Indus Valley Civilisation, Mughal Empire, Sikh Empire and the British Indian Empire.
The Lahore Museum, along with the Zamzama Gun located directly in front of the building, is the setting of the opening scene in the novel Kim by Rudyard Kipling, whose father, John Lockwood Kipling, was one of the museum's earliest curators.