This is a list of museums, galleries, and related building structures in Pakistan.

Museums and galleries

Archaeological and historical museums

Harappa Museum Harappa Museum is an archaeology museum based in Harappa, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located about 7 kilometers from Harappa railway station, and is 17 kilometers west of Sahiwal. Founded in 1926 as a small site museum, it shifted to its present bu ...

Harappa Harappa (; Urdu/ pnb, ) is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal. The Bronze Age Harappan civilisation, now more often called the Indus Valley Civilisation, is named after the site, which takes its name from a mode ...

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, Bahawalpur *

Bannu Museum Bannu Museum is a museum located in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The museum was established by the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and inaugurated in 2011 by Sayed Aqil Shah, Minister for Sports, Touris ...

Bannu Bannu ( ps, بنو, translit=banū ; ur, , translit=bannū̃, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe ...

Chitral Museum Chitral Museum is a museum located in Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, established on 8 July 2010. History The Chitral region is known for its rich cultural heritage and scenic beauty throughout the world. This region is located ...

City Museum, Gorkhatri City Museum is an archaeology museum located on the archaeological site of Gorkhatri, Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The museum was inaugurated on 23 March 2006 by Akram Khan Durrani, the then Chief Minister of Khy ...

, Peshawar * Dir Museum, Chakdara *

Hund Museum Hund Museum ( Pashto: هنډ لرغونتون) is an archaeology museum located in Hund, near the bank of the Indus River north of Attock, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is frequented by thousands of visitors annually. Exca ...

Swabi Swabi ( ps, صوابۍ; ur, ) is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan,Kasur Museum Kasur Museum ( ur, قصور عجائب گھر) is a cultural heritage museum established 1999, located in Kasur District Kasur District ( Punjabi and ur, , translit=Zilā Qasūr), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It ...

, Kasur *

Kalasha Dur Museum Kalasha Dur Museum ('House of the Kalasha People' or 'Cultural Centre for the Kalasha' in Kalashamondr), also known as Bumburet Museum, is a museum located in Bumburet Valley, Lower Chitral District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan ...

Chitral Chitral ( khw, , lit=field, translit=ćhitrār; ur, , translit=ćitrāl) is situated on the Chitral River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Chitral District and before that as the capital of Chitral ...

* Lahore Museum, Lahore * Lok Virsa Museum, Islamabad *

Lyallpur Museum Lyallpur Museum is a heritage museum in Faisalabad, Pakistan ( the old and original name for the city of Faisalabad is Lyallpur). It has 10 galleries which show the ancient and modern history and culture of Lyallpur/Faisalabad. It was established i ...

, Faisalabad *

Mardan Museum Mardan Museum is located in the Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The museum was first established in 1991 in a Town Hall with a single hall with 22 show cases displaying more than 90 Gandhara's sculptures by the supervision of Sahib ...

, Mardan *

Multan Museum The Multan Museum ( ur, ملتان متحف ) is located in the city of Multan and the Multan District, in Punjab Province of eastern Pakistan. Collections The Multan Museum contains a fine collection of coins, medals, postage stamps of the f ...

, Multan * National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi * National Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore * National History Museum, Greater Iqbal Park, Lahore *

PAF Museum Pakistan Air Force Museum Faisal ( ur, ) is an Air Force museum and park situated near ''Karsaz Flyover'' on Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi * Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad * Peshawar Museum, Peshawar *

Pushkalavati Museum Pushkalavati Museum also known as Charsadda Museum established in 2006, located in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. History Pushkalavati was the first capital of Gandhara from 6th to 1st century BC and the former name of Charsadda Distr ...

, Charsadda * Rohtas Fort Museum,

Jhelum Jhelum ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city on the east bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for p ...

* Archaeological Museum Banbhore *

Archaeological Museum Umerkot Archaeological Museum Umerkot, or Umerkot Museum, is an archaeological museum situated inside the Umerkot Fort which is located in Umerkot District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. It was inaugurated on 24 February 1968, and was shifted to its current ...

* Sindh Museum, Hyderabad * Sindhology, Jamshoro *

Swat Museum Swat Museum is a museum located in Mingora, on the Mingora and Saidu road in Swat District, province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. History The museum was conceived in 1959 under the aegis of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Swat and the ...

, Mingora * Taxila Museum,

Taxila Taxila or Takshashila (; sa, तक्षशिला; pi, ; , ; , ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Located in the Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, it lies approximately northwest of the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area and ...

* Wazir Mansion, Karachi * National History Museum, Lahore *

Abbott Museum Abbott may refer to: People * Abbott (surname) *Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921), American painter and naturalist *Abbott and Costello, famous American vaudeville act Places Argentina * Abbott, Buenos Aires United States * Abbott, Arkansas ...

Abbottabad Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth ...

Umar Hayat Mahal Museum ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate ...

, Chiniot * Badshahi mosque Museum, Lahore *

Gujrat Museum Gujrat may refer to any of the following places: India * Gujarat, a state in western India * Gujarat Subah, a former Mughal imperial province Pakistan * Gujrat, Pakistan, a city in Pakistan's Punjab Province ** Gujrat Division, an administrativ ...

, Gujrat *

Lahore fort Museum Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Lahore * Mohanjodaro Museum, Larkana *

Thatta Museum Thatta ( sd, ٺٽو; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh, and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties. Thatta's historic significance has yielded several monuments in and ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

* Montgomery Museum, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal * Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Museum, University of Peshawar, Peshawar

Art galleries

Abasin Arts Council Abasin Arts Council (formerly Abasin Arts Society) is an art gallery and exhibition centre in Peshawar, Pakistan. Council is located behind the Peshawar Museum. History Abasin Arts Society was established in October 1955 by the Commissioner of ...

, Peshawar * Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore * Faisalabad Arts Council, Faisalabad * Fakir Khana, Lahore * Mohatta Palace, Karachi * Multan Arts Council, Multan *

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, Islamabad *

Pakistan Arts Council The Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi is a council for the promotion of arts and culture in Pakistan, and one of the busiest in terms of organizing events. It is the country's oldest NGO (non-government organization) for the promotion and develo ...

, Karachi *

Rawalpindi Arts Council Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) is an art gallery and art institution located at Stadium road, Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore an ...

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

Vogue Art Gallery Vogue may refer to: Business * ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine ** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine ** '' Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine ** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine ** '' Vogue China' ...

, Lahore *

Oyster Art Gallery Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not all ...

, Lahore *

Anarkali tomb Anarkali () was a legendary woman said to be loved by the 16th-century Mughal Prince Salim, who later became Emperor Jahangir. According to some accounts, Anarkali was the nickname of the courtesan Nadira Begum or Sharf-un-Nisa, though scho ...

Museum, Lahore *

Gujranwala Arts Council Gujranwala ( ur, , label=none; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. It is the 5th most populous city proper after Karachi, Lahore, Faisal ...

, Gujranwala * Chwkandi Art Gallery Karachi

Biographical museums

* Javed Manzil (Allama Iqbal Museum), Lahore * Iqbal Manzil, Sialkot * Wazir Mansion, Karachi * Mazar-e-Quaid Museum, Karachi * Quaid-e-Azam House Museum (Flag Staff House), Karachi

Heritage museums

* Lok Virsa Museum, Islamabad * Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore *

Chughtai Museum The Chughtai Moghols or Chughtai Mughals ( chg, Çağatay Moghul, ur, ) are descendants and followers of Chaghtai Khan (the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of Chaghtai Khanate) in South Asia (modern-day Pakistan). They migrated to th ...

, Lahore

Judicial museums

* Lahore High Court Museum * Supreme Court Museum, Islamabad

Military museums

* PAF Museum, Karachi *

Pakistan Army Museum Pakistan Army Museum ( ur, ) is an army museum located in Rawalpindi. ...

, Lahore *

Pakistan Army Museum Pakistan Army Museum ( ur, ) is an army museum located in Rawalpindi. ...

* Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi *

Sindh Police Museum Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

, Karachi *

Punjab police Museum Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

, Lahore

Money museums

* State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery, Karachi

Natural history museums

* Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad *

Quetta Geological Museum Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of the ...

, Quetta * Natural History Museum, Karachi Zoo, Karachi

Science and technology museums

* MagnifiScience Centre, Karachi * National Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore

Transport museums

* Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum, near Islamabad

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