Type: Monument - Museum
Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District: Peshawar
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1857 - 1947 CE
Description: Peshawar Museum is one of the most popular museums in Southeast Asia, especially the Buddhist relics from the Ghandhara era. The building of the Museum was established to commemorate Queen Victoria 1906-07. After the building was completed, the museum was created in November 1907 to store sculptures of Ghandhara. The main collections of the Peshawar Museum include statues of Ghandhara, coins, documents and copies of the Holy Quran, imprints, weapons, clothing, jewellery, conflict models, paintings from the Mughal era and beyond, household items, and local and Persian Hands Crafts.
Latitude: 34.007900000
Longitude: 71.558000000
Ownership: Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Peshawar: Historic City of the Frontier
Published In: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore
Year of Publication: 1995
Bibliography/Reference: Dani, Ahmed Hassan
