Lahore Museum
This museum was established during the British Raj in 1864. It displays a
complete cross-section of the Culture and History of the region with rare
and best collection of the Buddhist art from the Gandhara Period, Islamic
artifacts, Calligraphy, Old Manuscripts, Arms, Costumes and Jewelry.
Fakir Khana Museum
A very large and interesting private Museum known as Faqirkhana lies
inside the Bhatti Gate and is worth visiting. The museum houses a variety
of old paintings, including some by great masters, original manuscripts in
different languages and artifacts from South East Asia and the Indo-Pak
sub-continent.
Shakir Ali Museum
This museum was actually Shakir's House at 93, Tipu Block, New Garder
Town, Lahore, which he made for himself. After his death it was bought by
Idara-I-Saqafat-e-Pakistan and formally turned into a museum on April 3rd,
1976. The idea behind it was not only to preserve the great artist's
paintings and other masterpieces under one roof but also to open this
combination of modern and traditional archietecture to the public.
Mughal Museum
Situated at Poonch house, Multan Road, Lahore it was established in 1950.
This is an Industrial and commercial Museum, which is meant to depict
country's economic resources both in the form of raw products and worked
objects. Its collection is arranged in one gallery and one large hall of
the building. The main hall displays a range of variety of material such
as well plated musical instruments, table lamps of camel skin from Multan
and Bhawalpur, cotton, silken-woolen and embroidered textiles from all
important cites of Pakistan.
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