Swat Museum, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
4.5 (10 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Mingora Speciality Museums
Great visit
I didn't know that an Italian Archaeological Mission was established about sixty years ago in Swat at the request of the Wali of Swat. This archaeological mission has been continuously excavating the Buddhist sites in Swat valley al this time. This museum was primarily built to house the artifacts they excavated. Please google Italian archaeologist Dr Luca Maria Olivieri. He was awarded the prestigious Sitar-e-Imtiaz prize by the President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussein, as an acknowledgement of his work in the Swat Valley. A great collection. The museum has calming energy. Never crowded. The staff is very knowledgeable. One of them has been there for more than 40 years. They jokingly call him the 3rd Buddha :)
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Sunday, May 12, 2024, 16:41
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4.5 based on (10 reviews)
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4Fatima 5:00 PM May 6, 2019
Swat Museum
It has very historical artefacts, some of them are thousands of years old. There were some Buddha Statue and some of the artefacts of their religion; one thing that is most noticeable is the footprint which is 3 times bigger than the size of an average human, it is said that the Buddhist had firm belief that these are the footprints of Buddha and model of temple made of rock. There is also some clothes and accessories of Swat customs. The traditional pure wood furniture is also displayed there.
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4ayyazsaleem 5:00 PM Jan 24, 2020
Museum is good, staff is NOT
My kids always insist to visit historical places whenever we go anywhere. This January we went to Swat and the culture, history and myths surrounding the region enticed all of us. We decided to visit Swat Museum. The Museum is administered by a government department and when we visited it, it was empty. There was no tourist found. However we went inside and got the entry tickets. The artefacts were interesting but the description written there was not sufficient and sometimes faulty. We resorted to Google to find out the true background of the things. The collection of the artefacts really reflected how rich the culture was and sadly how we are ignoring its true value. The Buddha, household articles and sculptures showed their true richness. We were amazed when an employee of the Museum came to us and asked us to leave as it was their “lunch-time” and break. We were astonished as it was not written on any board so we could manage our time. But this conduct made it clear that why people didn’t visit this invaluable treasure of local culture. Only because of the attitude of the staff. It’s advised that whenever anyone visit it, one must reach early and ask the staff about the break-time etc
