The Sindh Museum ( ur, سندھ میوزیم ) is a museum located in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...
,
Sindh,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. The museum was established in 1971
to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit the records of the cultural
history of Sindh
The history of Sindh refers to the history of the modern-day Pakistani province of Sindh, as well as neighboring regions that periodically came under its sway.
Sindh was the site of one of the Cradle of civilizations, the bronze age Indus Va ...
. It also sometimes hosts cultural fairs.
Collection
The museum features the history and heritage of the Sindh and the
Indus Valley civilization. Items from various ruling periods of Sindh, including
Samma,
Soomra,
Kalhora, and
Talpur
Talpur (, bal, تالپورء اۏبادگ) is a Saraiki-speaking Baloch sub-clan of the Hoth tribe settled in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan in Pakistan. The tribe established the Talpur dynasty, which ruled between 1783 and 1843, while a bran ...
periods can be viewed by the visitors. The museum also showcases the past and present village lifestyle of Sindh.
The museum is divided into two sections – one housing the display galleries, while the other is an
open-air area.
Gallery
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References
Museums in Sindh
Buildings and structures in Hyderabad, Sindh
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