State Bank Museum & Art Gallery karachi

It was a fantastic experience visiting The State Bank Museum. The tour guide was thorough and took is all through the museum and a walk through history. We were showed the barter seeds etc used before currency was invented, currency that was used for the first time ever to date. The art collection is also worth seeing. Hidden in the museum us the infamous Sadequain's mural. The shop has interesting souvenirs.

Excellent free museum. Tour guide was engaging and knowledgeable. The museum is well laid out and goes beyond simple coinage. Upstairs is the sadequin gallery

I am excited about this museum. Professional and very friendly staff will guide you through a historically valuable and magnificent artistic exibition. The interior of the building is well maintained. Admission is free. I can only recommend this exibition to every tourist, and especially the locals. Many thanks from a visitor from Germany.

Mostly consist of National heritage related to Pakistan's contemporary and historical currencies and monetary sector, preserved and displayed in an standardized manner.

Wow what a museum, while visiting one can't even imagine that he is in Pakistan. Bravo madam Asma Ibrahim you have done a great job for showcasing the history of our currency. Inshallah will visit again n again.

State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery is a museum on Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road in Karachi, established in 2004 to introduce the first Monetary Museum of Pakistan. The current State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery building, previously the Imperial Bank of India, is a Greco Roman building in Jodhpuri Red Sandstone constructed in the 1920s by the British government. In 2004, the State Bank of Pakistan decided to adapt the building as a museum; work on the projects started in 2006 and was devoted to conservation of the building and acquisition of the collection.

3 of the world's most famous artist Sadiqqain's murals are there depicting the evolution from early age to modern era.... A place to visit for those having taste for history & intellect...

Worthy Place to visit if you are travelling to karachi. Guided tour is totally free but bring your id card with you otherwise you can't enter in the building. There is a large collection of coins, Currency Notes and Stamps their. They also have a art gallery on 2nd floor where you can see amazing art work by famous and local artists and if you want you by them. They also have a store on right most corner of ground floor where you can by different gifts with the stamp of state bank and collection of coins etc. There are some puzzle games for kids as well. Museum's collections comprising of Coin Galleries, Stamp Gallery, Currency Gallery, History of State Bank, Governors’ Gallery, and Art Gallery, depicting coinage from its evolution till contemporary period, Stamps which were used as Currency in the interim period between Coinage to Currency, leading the visitors to Currency Gallery. History of SBP and Governors’ Gallery are depicting the History of SBP from its establishment in 1948 till to-date, and the Governors’ Gallery is comprised of the Historical background of functions and responsibilities of the Governors of SBP along with their brief profiles. The Art Gallery is a major component of the Museum, display of Sadequain’s murals and other rare paintings in the collection.

They have very good and historical things,which we see first time.here we see very old currency coins and notes.

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