Under the Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Jammu and Kashmir, established in 2010-2011. It aims at developing and preserving regional heritage of Leh- Ladakh. LAHDC, Leh was constituted in accordance with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1995. The council came into being with the holding of elections on August 28, 1995. The democratic constitution of the Council heralded decentralisation of planning process with the involvement of people at the grass root level.

About the collection: The repository of LAHDC boasts of regional treasures of natural and cultural heritage in the form of its flora, fauna, scenic beauty, arts and crafts, tribes and their traditions, ancient sites and monuments, castles, Gumpas and monasteries, folk music, folk art and legends, sculptures, Thankas and manuscripts, costumes, jewellery and metalware. It has a collection of artefacts ranging from archival material and rare photographs of monuments and sites of archaeological importance (93), Massavi maps (935), Boundary maps (33), Rock carving sculptural images (04) and photographs of antiquities (3,997).