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The Multan Museum (Urdu: ملتان متحف) is located in the city of Multan and the Multan District, in Punjab Province of eastern Pakistan.

Collections

The Multan Museum contains a fine collection of coins, medals, postage stamps of the former State of Bahawalpur, manuscripts, documented inscriptions, wood carvings, camel-skin paintings, historical models and stone carvings of the Islamic and Pre-Islamic periods.

New building

A new home for the Multan Museum is under reconstruction. The City Government and Punjab Government are converting the Ghanta Ghar building into the new Multan Museum.

References

"Museum in Multan". DAWN.COM. January 6, 2009.

Islamic museums

Africa

Egypt (Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Ceramics)
Libya (Islamic Museum of Tripoli, Red Castle Museum)
Morocco (Dar Batha Museum, Majorelle Garden, Marrakech Museum)
Tunisia (Bardo National Museum, Mahdia Museum, National Museum of Islamic Art)

Asia

South	Afghanistan (Museum of Islamic Art) India (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences) Maldives (National Museum) Pakistan (Multan Museum, National Museum of Pakistan)
South East	Malaysia (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Islamic Heritage Museum, Kelantan Islamic Museum, Malay and Islamic World Museum, Malacca Al-Quran Museum, Malacca Islamic Museum, Penang Islamic Museum, Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum, Sabah Museum) Philippines (Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts) Singapore (Asian Civilisations Museum)
West	Bahrain (Beit Al Quran) Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum, Museum of the Islamic Era) Iraq (National Museum of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah Museum) Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum, Museum for Islamic Art) Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum) Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, Tareq Rajab Museum) Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar) Syria (National Museum of Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo, Raqqa Museum) Turkey Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, İstanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam, Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Topkapi Palace Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum) United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Zayed National Museum)

Europe

Denmark (David Collection)
France (Arab World Institute, Louvre)
Germany (Museum of Islamic Art)
Greece (Benaki Museum)
United Kingdom (British Museum, Burrell Collection, Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage, Victoria and Albert Museum)

North
America

Canada (Aga Khan Museum)
United States (America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Shangri La (Doris Duke))

Oceania

Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia)

Virtual

Museum with No Frontiers

Part of Islamic arts

Museums in Pakistan

Balochistan

Museums	Archaeological Museum of Balochistan Quetta Geological Museum
Art galleries	Balochistan Arts Council

Gilgit-Baltistan

Museums	Khaplu Palace

Islamabad

Archives	National Archives of Pakistan
Museums	Lok Virsa Museum Pakistan Museum of Natural History
Art galleries	National Art Gallery

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Museums	Bannu Museum Chitral Museum City Museum Dir Museum Hund Museum Kalasha Dur Museum Mardan Museum Pakistan Forest Museum Peshawar Museum Pushkalavati Museum Swat Museum
Art galleries	Abasin Arts Council

Punjab

Archives	Punjab Archives
Museums	Bahawalpur Museum Fakir Khana Golra Sharif Railway Museum Harappa Museum Iqbal Manzil Kasur Museum Lahore Museum Lyallpur Museum Multan Museum National History Museum National Museum of Science and Technology Pakistan Army Museum Taxila Museum
Art galleries	Alhamra Arts Council Faisalabad Arts Council Multan Arts Council Rawalpindi Arts Council

Sindh

Archives	Citizen Archive of Pakistan Sindh Archives
Museums	Archaeological Museum Banbhore Archaeological Museum Umerkot Bhit Shah Museum Mohanjodaro Museum Lloyd Barrage Museum National Museum of Pakistan Pakistan Maritime Museum Pakistan Air Force Museum Quaid-e-Azam House State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery Sindh Museum Wazir Mansion TDF Ghar MagnifiScience Centre
Art galleries	Mohatta Palace Karachi Arts Council

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