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.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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^Jordison, Sam (19 January 2016). "Rudyard Kipling's Kim: a zam-zammer wonder-house of wordplay". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^"V&A · Research project: John Lockwood Kipling". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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