Heritage record
Lahore Museum and National College of Arts
PunjabBuildingProtected
The Lahore Museum 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 Pakistans most visited and famous museums and remains one of the major museums in South Asia. The museum, along with the Zam zama 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 museums earliest curators. The museum is now also renowned for its extensive collection of Buddhist art from the ancient Indo-Greek and Gandhara kingdoms.
- Record ID
- 10162
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Lahore
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Building
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985 (instrument: Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985)
- Coordinates
- 31.56834, 74.30806 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (2021 (Retrieved)). List of Protected Sites and Monuments in Punjab under Antiquties Act 1975 & Special Premises Ordinance 1985. https://archaeology.punjab.gov.pk/list-of-monuments-museums.
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