Heritage Museum

Interesting collection of Folk and Traditional art. The Folk Heritage Museum, located near Shakarparian Hills, has a large display of embroidered costumes, jewellery, woodwork, metalwork, block printing, ivory and bone work. Traditional architecture facades exhibiting such skills as fresco, mirror work, marble inlay, tile mosaic and stucco tracery are also displayed. Lok Virsa Heritage Reference Library is equipped with resource data on ethnography, anthropology, folk music, art, history and crafts. Museum and Library timings are: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday closed. (Tel: 9201651, 9203983). Books on culture, heritage, audio and video cassettes of folk and classical vocal and instrumental music are available for sale at Lok Virsa's Sales Centre.
Furthermore, the museum gives an overview of the specific cultures of the different regions and tribes of Pakistan, and has good textual descriptions in both Urdu and English.  Entrance is 300 Rupees (per adult), but the museum is definitely worth a visit.