Lahore Museum
عجائب گھر لاہور
One of Pakistan's most important museums, with a Gandhara Buddhist sculpture collection unmatched in the country. Its treasure is the 'Fasting Buddha.'
The Lahore Museum was founded in 1865. Its current building, a red-brick Mughal-Gothic structure, was completed in 1894. Kipling's father once served as its curator. Gandhara Buddhist sculpture is its greatest highlight. The emaciated 'Fasting Buddha' is world-famous. Other galleries display Mughal miniature paintings, chased metalwork, coins, and exhibits on Pakistan's history of independence. The Zamzama cannon at the entrance is the same gun that opens Kipling's novel 'Kim.' The museum is on The Mall, next to Anarkali Bazaar. Foreign visitors pay an entrance fee of several hundred rupees.
Opening hours
Approx. 09:00–16:30; holiday hours per official notice
Nearby sights
- Anarkali Bazaar
- Data Darbar
- Chauburji
- Fakir Khana Museum
- Walled City of Lahore
- Fort Road Food Street
- Badshahi Mosque
- Tomb of Allama Iqbal