Lahore Museum

Lahore Museum
لہور میوزیم
عجائب گھر لاہور
View of entrance to the Lahore Museum
Entrance to the museum
Lahore Museum is located in Lahore
Lahore Museum
Location within Lahore
Former name
Central Museum
Established1865, moved to present site in 1894
LocationThe Mall, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates31°34′06″N 74°18′29″E / 31.568226°N 74.308174°E / 31.568226; 74.308174
TypeArchaeology, art, heritage, modern history, religious
Collection size58,000
Visitors227,994 (2018)
DirectorSadia Tehreem
CuratorNaushaba Anjum
OwnerMinistry of Information & Broadcasting (National Heritage and Culture Division)
Public transit accessCivil Secretariat, Lahore Metrobus
Websitelahoremuseum.punjab.gov.pk

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[1] 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.[2][3][4]

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.[5]

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,[6][7] whose father, John Lockwood Kipling, was one of the museum's earliest curators.[8]

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  2. ^ "Tourism boom: Foreigners visiting cultural sites, museums in Pakistan up by 121%". The Express Tribune. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. ^ Akhtar, Anwar (7 July 2020). "Pakistan's Best Kept Secret: Lahore Museum". www.salzburgglobal.org. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. ^ Tariq, Minahil (22 January 2017). "A historic neglect | Shehr | thenews.com.pk". The News International. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ^ "AROUND TOWN: Lahore Museum". Dawn. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ Kaplan, Robert D. (29 January 1989). "Lahore as Kipling Knew It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. ^ Jordison, Sam (19 January 2016). "Rudyard Kipling's Kim: a zam-zammer wonder-house of wordplay". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. ^ "V&A · Research project: John Lockwood Kipling". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2022.