Multan Museum

The Multan Museum (Urdu: ملتان متحف ‎) is located in the city of Multan and the Multan District, in Punjab Province of eastern Pakistan.

Multan Museum

Collections

The Multan Museum contains a fine collection of coins, medals, postage stamps of the former State of Bahawalpur, manuscripts, documented inscriptions, wood carvings, camel-skin paintings, historical models and stone carvings of the Islamic and Pre-Islamic periods.

New building

A new home for the Multan Museum is under reconstruction. The City Government and Punjab Government are converting the "GhantaGhar" building into the new Multan Museum.

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Major collections of Islam-related materials
Asia	Afghanistan (Museum of Islamic Art) Bahrain (Beit Al Quran) India (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences) Indonesia (Bayt Al Quran & Museum Istiqlal) Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum, Museum of the Islamic Era) Iraq (National Museum of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah Museum) Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum, The Museum for Islamic Art) Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum) Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, Tareq Rajab Museum) Malaysia (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Islamic Heritage Museum, Kelantan Islamic Museum, Malay and Islamic World Museum, Melaka Al-Quran Museum, Melaka Islamic Museum, Penang Islamic Museum, Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum, Sabah Museum) Maldives (National Museum) Pakistan (Multan Museum, National Museum of Pakistan) Philippines (Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts) Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar, Qatar National Museum) Saudi Arabia (Dar al-Madinah Museum, Mecca Museum) Singapore (Asian Civilisations Museum) Syria (National Museum of Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo, Raqqa Museum) Turkey (Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, İstanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam, Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Topkapi Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum) United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Zayed National Museum)
Africa	Egypt (Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Ceramics) Libya (Islamic Museum of Tripoli, Red Castle Museum) Morocco (Majorelle Garden, Marrakech Museum) Tunisia (Bardo National Museum, Mahdia Museum, National Museum of Islamic Art)
Europe	Denmark (David Collection) France (Arab World Institute, Louvre) Germany (Islamic Art Museum) Greece (Benaki Museum) United Kingdom (British Museum, Burrell Collection, Khalili Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum)
Americas	Canada (Aga Khan Museum) United States (America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Shangri La (Doris Duke))
Oceania	Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia)
Others	Online (Museum with No Frontiers)
Part of Islamic arts

Museums in Pakistan
Archaeological and historical	Archaeological Museum of Balochistan Bahawalpur Museum Archaeological Museum Banbhore Bannu Museum Bhit Shah Museum Chitral Museum City Museum Dir Museum Harappa Museum Kalasha Dur Museum Lahore Museum Lyallpur Museum Mardan Museum Moenjodaro Museum Multan Museum National Museum of Pakistan Peshawar Museum Pushkalavati Museum Swat Museum Sindh Museum State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery Taxila Museum Archaeological Museum Umerkot
Archives	Citizen's Archive of Pakistan National Archives of Pakistan Punjab Archives Sindh Archives
Art galleries	Abasin Arts Council Alhamra Arts Council Balochistan Arts Council Faisalabad Arts Council Fakir Khana Mohatta Palace Multan Arts Council National Art Gallery Pakistan Arts Council Rawalpindi Arts Council
Biographical	Iqbal Manzil Quaid-e-Azam House Wazir Mansion
Heritage	Khaplu Palace Lok Virsa Museum
Military	Command and Staff College Museum Pakistan Army Museum PAF Museum Pakistan Maritime Museum
Natural history	Pakistan Forest Museum Pakistan Museum of Natural History Quetta Geological Museum
Science	National Museum of Science and Technology
Transport	Golra Sharif Railway Museum
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Multan Museum

Collections

New building

See also