Staff Reporter
Pakistan Monument Museum (PMM) in Islamabad remained at the top for the third time in 2018 with 514,944 visits, followed by Khewra Mines with 430,561 visits and the third popular site was Lok Virsa Heritage Museum with 319,470 visits.
According to recent report by Gallup Pakistan titled “Cultural Heritage and Museum Visits in Pakistan”. In this study visits to 21 museum sites were taken into account, spread across the four provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory. These sites included Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Lok Virsa Heritage Museum, Pakistan Monument Museum, Lahore Museum, Taxila Museum, Khewra Mines and more. The total number of visits to these museum sites over the past 5 years has seen a gradual increase with the number reaching around 2.7 million in 2018.
Similar to the countrywide trend, the total museum visits in Punjab have also been increasing at a constant rate, reaching 1.2 million in 2018; accounting for approximately 45% of the total museum visits in Pakistan for 2018. Sindh accounted for 7 of the 21 museum sites considered in this study including the National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi, Sindh Provincial Museum in Hyderabad, Museum Bhambore in Thatta district, Museum Mohenjodaro in Larkana district, Museum Umerkot in Tharparkar district and Quaid-i-Azam’s birthplace in Karachi.
