Victoria Memorial Hall

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Victoria Memorial Hall was a colonial-era building in Peshawar, originally established to commemorate Queen Victoria and later repurposed as the Peshawar Museum.

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Victoria Memorial Hall canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building ⓘ
colonial-era building ⓘ
memorial ⓘ
museum building ⓘ
architecturalStyle British colonial architecture ⓘ
Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

North-West Frontier Province (British India) ⓘ
category Colonial-era buildings in Pakistan ⓘ
Heritage sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Museums in Peshawar ⓘ
Victoria memorials ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
dedicatedTo memory of Queen Victoria ⓘ
era British colonial period ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
function exhibition space ⓘ
public hall (originally) ⓘ
hasFeature arched openings ⓘ
central hall ⓘ
ornamental façade ⓘ
verandas ⓘ
heritageStatus historic building ⓘ
houses Peshawar Museum ⓘ
laterUse Peshawar Museum building ⓘ
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ
Peshawar Cantonment ⓘ
materialUsed red brick ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Victoria ⓘ
originalPurpose commemoration of Queen Victoria ⓘ
owner Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
partOf urban heritage of Peshawar ⓘ
roofType domed roof ⓘ
significance example of colonial civic architecture in Peshawar ⓘ
important cultural landmark in Peshawar ⓘ
usedFor display of Gandharan art (via Peshawar Museum) ⓘ
display of archaeological collections (via Peshawar Museum) ⓘ
display of ethnographic collections (via Peshawar Museum) ⓘ

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Peshawar Museum → formerName → Victoria Memorial Hall ⓘ