Where Alexander's Greeks met the monks of Gandhara.
Taxila, Pakistan Founded 1928
The foundation stone was laid in 1918 and the museum opened in 1928 to house finds from the excavations of Sir John Marshall at Taxila, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Taxila was a great city of learning for over a thousand years and was visited by Alexander the Great in 326 BC.
The collection comes from the three ancient cities of Bhir Mound, Sirkap and Sirsukh and from Buddhist monasteries such as Dharmarajika and Jaulian, so you can see the objects and then walk to the places they were found.
History
Pakistan's living crafts, music and costume in one place.
History
The nation's story, from the Indus to independence.
Art
A pink stone palace by the Arabian Sea.
Palaces & Homes
The birthplace of Quaid-e-Azam in old Karachi.
Archaeology
Buddhist treasures from the valley of Udyana.
Palaces & Homes
Jinnah's Karachi home, kept as he left it.
Natural History
Fossils, minerals and wildlife of Pakistan.
Archaeology
Five thousand years of South Asia under one red-brick roof.
Palaces & Homes
The house where the poet of the East spent his last years.
Archaeology
A planned city, 4,500 years old, on the banks of the Indus.
History
The road to 1947, beneath four granite petals.
Archaeology
The town that gave a whole civilization its name.
Archaeology
Tutankhamun's full treasure, beside the Pyramids of Giza.
Archaeology
Persepolis, Susa and seven thousand years of Persia.
Archaeology
The Parthenon's treasures, in sight of the Parthenon.
Archaeology
The old pink palace of the pharaohs on Tahrir Square.
Archaeology
The world's oldest public museum, on Rome's sacred hill.
Archaeology
The life of the Buddha, told in Gandhara stone.
Archaeology
The Ottoman Empire's first museum, in the palace gardens.
Archaeology
Nefertiti, rebuilt from the ruins of war.