Peshawar Museum

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Peshawar Museum is a prominent museum in Peshawar, Pakistan, renowned for its extensive collection of Gandharan Buddhist art and regional archaeological artifacts.

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Peshawar Museum canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological museum ⓘ
art museum ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle Indo-Gothic architecture ⓘ
collectionFocus Buddhist heritage of northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
Gandhara civilization ⓘ
regional archaeology of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
collectionSizeCharacteristic one of the largest collections of Gandharan art in the world ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
formerName Victoria Memorial Hall ⓘ
hasCollection Buddhist art ⓘ
Gandharan art ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Buddhist art

Hindu art ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
Sikh art ⓘ
archaeological artifacts ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
ethnographic objects ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
jewellery ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
numismatic collection ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
weapons ⓘ
woodwork ⓘ
hasExhibitType Bodhisattva statues ⓘ
Buddha statues ⓘ
Islamic period coins ⓘ
Kushan period coins ⓘ
architectural fragments ⓘ
arms and armour ⓘ
calligraphy ⓘ
coins from Indo-Greek period ⓘ
ethnological displays ⓘ
miniature paintings ⓘ
reliefs depicting Jataka tales ⓘ
stone sculptures ⓘ
stucco sculptures ⓘ
heritageDesignation important cultural institution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
inception 1907 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
locatedIn Peshawar ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Victoria ⓘ
significantEvent expansion of galleries in 1960s ⓘ
renovation and expansion in early 21st century ⓘ
touristAttraction Peshawar ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peshawar → hasMuseum → Peshawar Museum ⓘ
Victoria Memorial Hall (Peshawar) → houses → Peshawar Museum ⓘ
subject linked to: Victoria Memorial Hall
Peshawar walled city → hasNearbyLandmark → Peshawar Museum ⓘ
Governor House Peshawar → nearby → Peshawar Museum ⓘ
Kanishka casket → currentLocation → Peshawar Museum ⓘ