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The
National
Museum
of
Pakistan
was
established
in
Frere
Hall
on
17
April
1950,
replacing
the
defunct
Victoria
Museum.
Frere
Hall
itself
was
built
in
1865
as
a
tribute
to
Sir
Bartle
Frere,
a
Commissioner
of
Sindh
during
the
19th
century.
Once
the
Museum
was
inaugurated
then
the
Government
of
Pakistan
deemed
it
wise
to
constitute
an
Advisory
Council
in
1950
with
a
primary
duty
to
counsel
the
Museum
on
the
issues
of
enriching
its
collection
through
new
acquisitions
and
purchase
of
antiquities
and
works
of
Arts.
The
Museum
was
shifted
to
the
present
premises
(located
in
Burns
Garden,
Dr.
Zia-ud-din
Ahmed
Road)
in
1970
The
basic
objective
of
establishing
the
National
Museum
was
to
collect,
preserve,
study,
and
exhibit
the
records
of
the
cultural
history
of
Pakistan
and
to
promote
a
learned
insight
into
the
personality
of
its
people.
The
Museum
has
a
collection
of
58,000
old
coins
(some
dating
from
74
Al-Hijra),
and
hundreds
of
well-preserved
sculptures.
Some
70,000
publications,
books
and
other
reading
material
of
the
Archeology
and
Museums
Department
were
also
shifted
to
the
National
Museum
so
that
general
public
could
see
them.
Every
year
National
Museum
holds
around
a
dozen
exhibitions
on
National
Days
and
other
occasions.
For
the
preservation
of
the
collection,
a
conservation
laboratory
is
also
a
part
of
the
museum.
There
is
an
auditorium
on
the
museum
premises
with
a
250
seating
capacity.
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