A red bricked Victorian Hall across the tracks from the old city,
it has a good collection of Gandharan Art. Situated on the Grand
Trunk Road in the Cantonment area, the museum houses a
rich treasure of art, sculpture and historical relics, particularly
of the Gandhara period (300 BC - 300 AD). The pieces on
show at the museum include Graeco-Buddhist stone and
stucco sculpture, gold, silver and copper coins, antique
pottery, armour, old manuscripts, Buddha images, terra ,
coat plaques, antiques of ivory, shell and metal and a replica
of the famous casket which contained the relics of Lord
Buddha.
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