National Art Gallery, Pakistan

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.

Design

In a nation-wide 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.

References

^ "Yes, Pakistan's new National Art Gallery has nudes"

External links

Dawn Gallery

Museums in Pakistan

Archaeological and historical	Bahawalpur Museum Chakdara Museum Harappa Museum Lahore Museum Moenjodaro Museum Multan Museum National Museum of Pakistan Peshawar Museum Saidu Sharif Museum Sindh Museum Taxila Museum

Archives	National Archives of Pakistan

Art	Fakir Khana Mohatta Palace National Art Gallery

Biographical	Iqbal Manzil Wazir Mansion

Heritage	Lok Virsa Museum

Natural history	Pakistan Museum of Natural History Quetta Geological Museum

Transport	PAF Museum Pakistan Maritime Museum Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

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