Museums

Lok Virsa Museum :

Location :
At Rawalpindi Islamabad highway on the lush green site of Shakarparian.

Display :
Folk and Cultural Heritage.

The Lok Virsa (National institute of folk and traditional Heritage) is charged with the preservation of folk and traditional culture of Pakistan. Visitors to the museum can see at first the crafts from far-flung areas arranged and displayed according to motif, area and use. It has a large display of embroided costumes, jewelry, woodwork, metalwork, blockprinting, ivory and bonework.
 

Traditional archietecture facades exhibiting such skills as fresco, mirror work, marble inlay, tile mosaic and stucco tracery are also displayed The biggest cultural event in spring each year in the federal capital is the Folk Festival of Pakistan held in the exhibition Hall at the Shakarparian complex. For one week visitors to the festival can see artisans and master craftsmen from different parts of Pakistan at work in aesthetically designed pavilions, creating the best examples of their craft. Some groups from remote regions charm the audience with traditional folk dances and music. Concerts of famous folk and classical singers are held each evening during the festival. The festival held in April each year. This is the only cultural gathering with that much diversity in Pakistan. Lok Virsa Heritage Reference Library is equipped with resource data on ethnography, anthropology, folk music, art, history and crafts and contains over ten thousand books on Pakistani culture and the social sciences and field reports based on original research. The Lok Virsa sound archive contains the single largest collection of recorded songs, ballads, epics and interviews pertaining to Pakistani culture. The institute's Audio-visual section produces video films of customs, traditions and folk performances for video Archive.

Pakistan Museum of Natural History :

Location
In the city of Islamabad.

Display
Natural History.

The Museum depicts early human history, geology, and wildlife of Pakistan. The exhibits are particular interest to students and children.

Islamabad Museum :

Location :
House #41, street #3, Sector E-7, Islamabad.

Display :
Archaeological.

Islamabad museum presents a long historic sequence of the land where Pakistan is situated today. Pakistan has been a seat of the worlds leading civilizations from the time immemorial. There is plenty of evidence to support this argument now on display in Islamabad Museum. For example, 20 million years old fossil remains, 2 million years old man-made stone tools, 7000 years old early human settlements which lead to the world famous Indus Civilization, Gandhara Grave Culture and Gandhara art, early Islamic settlement and Mughal period, their art and craft.

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