Lahore Museum | Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Mall Road Lahore | Historic Monuments of Lahore

Lahore Museum’s foundation stone was laid by Prince Albert Victor, the grandson of Queen Victoria in 1890 AD and its building architecture was designed by Lockwood Kipling and Bhai Ram Sing. It was opened for the public for first time in 1894 on the silver Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Lahore Museum is located on the Mall road, adjacent to the National College of Arts Lahore. Initially, the Museum was built in Wazir Khan’s Baradari in 1855 in the center of a garden of date palms. After the passage of time, it was realized that the space of the Baradari had become inadequate for the ever-increasing exhibits in the Museum. When the Punjab Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Crafts was held in 1864, the collection of the Museum was transferred to the new Exhibition Hall, later called the Tollinton Market and in order to house the growing collection, a building catering to the permanent display of objects art became essential.
The present building was constructed in 1887 from local, provincial and imperial funds for the Punjab Exhibition of natural products, arts and manufactures. On its completion in 1894, the entire museum collection was transferred to present building with its new name as Jubilee Museum. Now the building of Museum is contiguous to the National College of Arts, commonly referred to as the Lahore house of wonders (Ajaib Ghar). This building is standing there for the last 123 years and still holds a very prominent position in the monumental stock of Lahore.
It is one of the most remarkable museums in Pakistan.

Lahore Museum | Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, The Mall, Lahore | Historic Monuments of Lahore | Chughtai Public Library

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