About Lahore Museum
Founded in 1865 and housed in a grand colonial building on the Mall, the Lahore Museum is the largest and most important in Pakistan. Rudyard Kipling’s father, John Lockwood Kipling, was an early curator. Its star is the Fasting Buddha, a masterpiece of Gandhara sculpture.
Galleries span Gandhara and Indus Valley antiquities, Mughal and Sikh miniatures, coins, arms, textiles and independence-era relics, a superb, air-conditioned overview of the region’s history.
Highlights
- Fasting Buddha, One of the world’s finest Gandhara Buddhist sculptures.
- Gandhara gallery, Greco-Buddhist art from the northwest.
- Miniatures, Mughal and Sikh painting.
- Colonial building, A landmark of Indo-Saracenic architecture on the Mall.
Plan this stop with Tollinton Market and National College of Arts (NCA) for a more complete Lahore itinerary.
Nearby & related sites
Tollinton Market
A colonial-era market hall on the Mall, now a heritage and cultural space.
Read guide →National College of Arts (NCA)
Pakistan's premier art school in a beautiful historic Mall Road campus.
Read guide →
Lahore High Court
A magnificent Indo-Gothic colonial courthouse, a landmark of the Mall.
Read guide →