The Bahawalpur Museum (Urdu: بہاولپور عجائب گھر), established in 1976, is a museum of archaeology, art, heritage, modern history and religion located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] It comes under the control of Bahawalpur district government.
Urdu: بہاولپور عجائب گھر | |
 Entrance to the museum | |
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| Established | 1976 |
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| Location | Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 29°23′24″N 71°41′08″E / 29.389988238891625°N 71.6855643739531°E |
| Type | Archaeology, art, heritage, modern history, religious |
| Visitors | 28,000[1] |
| Director | Muhammad Zubair Rabbani |
As of July 2022, the director of the museum is Muhammad Zubair Rabbani.[2]
Galleries
editThe museum as eight galleries, which include:[1]
- Pakistan Movement gallery, consisting of a collection of photographs related to the Movement, including those of its leaders.
- Archaeological gallery, which represents the archaeological history of the region.
- Islamic gallery, which exhibits arms, paintings, textile specimen, and metal work related to the history of Islam.
- Regional cultural gallery, containing specimens of everyday objects used by people in the Cholistan Desert and the Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, and Rahim Yar Khan districts.
- Coin gallery, consisting of more than 300 coins
- Quran gallery, containing manuscripts, inscriptions and Quranic documents.
- Bahawalpur gallery, showing photographs and articles related to the princely state of Bahawalpur, which was the second-largest state in the British Raj.[3]
- Cholistan gallery, displaying art and heritage of the Cholistan region.
- Sadiq Khan Gallery[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Bahawalpur Museum". bahawalpur.gov.pk. District Government Bahawalpur. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ "275th celebrations of Bahawalpur State will be held in Feb 2023". Associated Press of Pakistan. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Ahmad, Mashal (2 August 2020). "Retracing Bahawalpur's glorious past". The News International. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ "Sadiq Khan gallery at Bahawalpur museum". 4 August 2006.
External links
edit- Facebook page
- "Video about spring festival at Bahawalpur Museum". wn.com (in Urdu). World News. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
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