Lahore Museum

                       Lahore Museum



The Lahore Museum (Punjabi: لاہور میوزیم; Urdu: عجائب گھر لاہور‎; “Lahore Wonder House”), is a museum located in Lahore, 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 now one of Pakistan’s most visited and highly regarded museums.[1]
The museum, along with the Zamzama Gun located directly in front of the building, were made famous in the celebrated British novel Kim, written by Rudyard Kipling - whose father was one of the museum’s earliest curators. The museum is now also renowned for its extensive collection of Buddhist art from the ancient Indo-Greek and Gandhara kingdoms. It also has collections from the Mughal Empire, Sikh Empire and the British Empire in India.[2]
Collections
The museum has a number of Greco-Buddhist sculptures, Mughal and Pahari paintings on display.[1] The collection contains important relics from the Indus Valley civilisation, Gandhara, and Graeco-Bactrian periods as well. The Fasting Buddha, dating from the Gandhara period, is one of the museums most prized and celebrated objects. The ceiling of the entrance hall features a large mural by renowned Pakistani artist Sadequain who originally made the mural in 1972 and 1973.[2][4]
The museum also contains fine specimens of Mughal and Sikh carved woodwork and has a large collection of paintings dating back to the British period. The collection also includes musical instruments, ancient jewellery, textiles, pottery, and armory, as well as some Tibetan and Nepalese work on display.[1][2]
Scope
The museum displays archaeological materials from pre-historic times (Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa civilisations) to the Hindu Shahi period.[2] It has one of the largest collections of archaeology, history, arts, fine arts, applied arts, ethnology, and craft objects in Pakistan. It also has an extensive collection of Hellenistic and Mughal coins.[1] There is also a photo gallery dedicated to the emergence of Pakistan as an independent state, the Pakistan Movement Gallery.[2]
Masterpieces of Lahore Museum is a non-fiction book by Anjum Rehmani[5][6] published on 16 April 1999. UNESCO sponsor for the publication of this book[7][8]. The book cover history of Lahore Museum, Islamic Arts and Crafts, Hindu Jain and Buddhist Arts.[2][9][4] second edition of the book was published on 12 July 2006 and digitized on 8 December 2009[6][10]. Latter book revised version launched on 20 August 2019 as a Kindle Edition on Amazon Kindle and Umair Ahmad second author of this edition.[11]
Lahore Museum was originally established in 1865-66 on the site of the current Tollinton Market - a hall built for the 1864 Punjab Exhibition.[3] The museum’s collection was later shifted in 1894 to its present location on The Mall, in Lahore’s British-era core.[1] The present building was designed by the well-known Lahori architect, Sir Ganga Ram.
Rudyard Kipling’s father, John Lockwood Kipling, was one of the museum’s first curators, and was succeeded by K. N. Sitaram. Over 250,000 visitors were registered in 2005.
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