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Lok Virsa Museum & Heritage Library

Lok Virsa Museum & Heritage Library

Lok Virsa Museum & Heritage Library

Near Shakarparian Hills
Islamabad, Pakistan

The Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage) works towards preserving the living folk and traditional culture of Pakistan. Its Folk Heritage Museum, located near Shakarparian Hills, has a large display of embroidered costumes, jewellery, woodwork, metalwork; block printing, ivory and bone work. Traditional architecture facades exhibiting such skills as fresco, mirror work, marble inlay, tile mosaic and stucco tracery are also displayed.

Lok Virsa Heritage Reference Library is equipped with resource data on ethnography, anthropology, folk music, art, history and crafts.

Books on culture, heritage, audio and videocassettes of folk and classical vocal and instrumental music are available for sale at Lok Virsa’s sales centre.