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Bahawalpur Museum

Coordinates: 29°23′24″N 71°41′08″E / 29.389988238891625°N 71.6855643739531°E / 29.389988238891625; 71.6855643739531
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Bahawalpur Museum
Urdu: بہاولپور عجائب گھر
View of entrance to the Bahawalpur Museum
Entrance to the museum
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Established1976; 48 years ago (1976)
LocationBahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates29°23′24″N 71°41′08″E / 29.389988238891625°N 71.6855643739531°E / 29.389988238891625; 71.6855643739531
TypeArchaeology, art, heritage, modern history, religious
Visitors28,000[1]
DirectorMuhammad Zubair Rabbani

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.

As of July 2022, the director of the museum is Muhammad Zubair Rabbani.[2]

Galleries

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The 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bahawalpur Museum". bahawalpur.gov.pk. District Government Bahawalpur. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  2. ^ "275th celebrations of Bahawalpur State will be held in Feb 2023". Associated Press of Pakistan. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ Ahmad, Mashal (2 August 2020). "Retracing Bahawalpur's glorious past". The News International. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  4. ^ "Sadiq Khan gallery at Bahawalpur museum". 4 August 2006.
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