Bahawalpur Museum
Punjabi: بہاولپور عجائب گھر
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Established1976; 49 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 (Punjabi: بہاولپور عجائب گھر), was established in the year 1976 for the purpose to preserve and showcase the historical and cultural heritage of the area.https://www.facebook.com/bahawalpur.museum/about

As of May 2015, the director of the museum is Muhammad Zubair Rabbani.[2] https://www.facebook.com/m.zubairrabbani/

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]

Other Artifacts

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The museum also hosts lot of artifacts related to the historic Kala Dhari Mandir temple including its main gate, windows, ventilators etc.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ Focus on Punjab: Souvenir. M.A. Baig. 1997. p. 94.
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