In 1970, the Museum had only four galleries. The museum has expanded over time, with a total of eleven galleries, including a “Quran Gallery.” More than 300 copies of the Quran in the National Museum (all of them are precisely the same), of which about 52 rare manuscripts are on display. An exciting collection of objects relating to the cultural heritage of Pakistan is also included in the Museum. Some other galleries show things from the Indus Civilization, Gandhara Civilization Sculptures, Islamic Art, Miniature Paintings, Ancient Coins, and Manuscripts depicting Pakistan’s political history. Several statues found at the Mohenjodaro site are also in the museum. Buddhist priests, terracotta toys, and other sculptures of deities such as Saraswati, Vishnu, Lakshmi, and Durga Devi are included in the statues. It also depicts some of the ancient coins found in those Hijri and some of the belongings of Pakistani national heroes: the pen, cuffs, and sword of Quaid-e-Azam, the personal chair of Allama Iqbal, the pen, the individual itar bottle, watch, and a walking stick of Liaqat Ali Khan. Some galleries display Muslims’ garments they used to make, people’s pottery work, Muslim glasses, and the apparatus they used. Around a dozen exhibitions on National Days and other occasions are presented each year at the National Museum.
