National Art Gallery, Pakistan

National Art Gallery, Islamabad

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National Art Gallery in Islamabad, Pakistan is the country's first national art gallery.^[1] Built on a small hillock opposite the Majlis-e-Shoora (the Parliament of Pakistan) and the Aiwan-e-Sadr. It opened to the public on Sunday, August 26, 2007. National Art Gallery, Pakistan is a part of the larger organization called Pakistan National Council of the Arts.

Design

In a nationwide design contest in 1989, the design of Naeem Pasha and Suhail Abbasi was selected for the construction of the National Art Gallery. Their modernistic brick cube is a model of Miesian purity and functionality.

The gallery, with a covered area of 1800 square yards, has 14 galleries with adjacent display areas, lecture halls, workshop and storage facilities, laboratories and a library. The four-storey gallery has modern facilities, including an auditorium with capacity for 400, a theatre, stage facilities and an open-air theatre.^[2]

References

↑ http://defence.pk/threads/national-art-gallery-islamabad.390723/, National Art Gallery, Pakistan on defence.pk website, Retrieved 19 Sep 2016
↑ http://www.pnca.org.pk/galleries, Pakistan National Council of the Arts website with pictures of galleries, Retrieved 19 Sep 2016

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Museums in Pakistan

Archaeological and historical	Archaeological Museum of Balochistan Bahawalpur Museum Bhit Shah Museum Chakdara Museum Chitral Museum Harappa Museum Lahore Museum Lyallpur Museum Mardan Museum Moenjodaro Museum Multan Museum National Museum of Pakistan Peshawar Museum Saidu Sharif Museum Sindh Museum State Bank of Pakistan Museum Taxila Museum Umerkot Museum

Archives	Citizen's Archive of Pakistan National Archives of Pakistan Punjab Archives Sindh Archives

Art Galleries	Abasin Arts Council Alhamra Arts Council Balochistan Arts Council Faisalabad Arts Council Fakir Khana Mohatta Palace Multan Arts Council National Art Gallery Pakistan Arts Council Rawalpindi Arts Council

Biographical	Chugtai Museum Iqbal Manzil Quaid-e-Azam House Shair Ali Museum Wazir Mansion

Heritage	Khaplu Palace Lok Virsa Museum

Military	Command and Staff College Museum Pakistan Army Museum PAF Museum Pakistan Maritime Museum

Natural history	Pakistan Forest Museum Pakistan Museum of Natural History Quetta Geological Museum

Science	National Museum of Science and Technology

Transport	Golra Sharif Railway Museum

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Coordinates: 33°43′50″N 73°05′28″E / 33.7305°N 73.0910°E / 33.7305; 73.0910

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