{"id":55184,"date":"2019-09-15T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=55184"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:08:30","slug":"wcla-begins-restoration-work-lahore-forts-sikh-gallery-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wcla-begins-restoration-work-lahore-forts-sikh-gallery-museum.html","title":{"rendered":"WCLA begins restoration work of Lahore Fort\u2019s Sikh Gallery, museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has commenced with the restoration work of the Lahore Fort\u2019s Sikh Gallery and museum compounds, a news source reported. The Lahore Fort Museum happens to be the only museum in the world where the archaeological heritage of the Sikh community has been preserved in its original condition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/draft-law-prepared-facilitate-wcla-expansion-gig.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Draft law prepared to facilitate WCLA expansion gig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The incumbent government, as such, is focusing its efforts on preserving the country\u2019s culture and heritage via a series of restoration initiatives being conducted in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/conservation-work-of-lahore-fort-picture-wall-partially-completed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lahore Fort <\/a>Museum features many antiquities dating from the period of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century Sikh Emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh. WCLA Spokesperson Tania Qureshi has stated that the Maharaja\u2019s granddaughter Princess Bamba Sutherland donated the items to Pakistan before her death.<\/p>\n<p>The WCLA has notified its intention to upgrade the museum and gallery. As such, it is set to replace the cloth used in the museum, as well as the glass incorporated in its windows. Further, the authority plans to install a modern lighting system to the compound, in addition to repairing its air conditioning system and changing the labels tagged to the preserved items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wcla-for-immediate-demolition-of-260-dilapidated-buildings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WCLA for immediate demolition of 260 dilapidated buildings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources have revealed that the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) has expressed its satisfaction with the government\u2019s efforts to restore Sikh heritage in Punjab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has commenced with the restoration work of the Lahore Fort\u2019s Sikh Gallery and museum compounds, a news source reported. The Lahore Fort Museum happens to be the only museum in the world where the archaeological heritage of the Sikh community has been preserved in its original condition. Read:\u00a0Draft law prepared to facilitate WCLA expansion gig The incumbent government, as such, is focusing its efforts on preserving the country\u2019s culture and heritage via a series of restoration initiatives being conducted in the city. The Lahore Fort Museum features many antiquities dating from the period of the 19th century Sikh Emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh. WCLA Spokesperson Tania Qureshi has stated that the Maharaja\u2019s granddaughter Princess Bamba Sutherland donated the items to Pakistan before her death. The WCLA has notified its intention to upgrade the museum and gallery. As such, it is set to replace the cloth used in the museum, as well as the glass incorporated in its windows. Further, the authority plans to install a modern lighting system to the compound, in addition to repairing its air conditioning system and changing the labels tagged to the preserved items. Read:\u00a0WCLA for immediate demolition of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":50419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15167],"tags":[12971],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-details-on-wcla-begins-restoration-work-of-lahore-forts-sikh-gallery-and-museum","9":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WCLA begins restoration work of Lahore Fort\u2019s Sikh Gallery, museum - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has commenced with the restoration work of the Lahore Fort\u2019s Sikh Gallery and museum compounds, a news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wcla-begins-restoration-work-lahore-forts-sikh-gallery-museum.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WCLA begins restoration work of Lahore Fort\u2019s Sikh Gallery, museum - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has commenced with the restoration work of the Lahore Fort\u2019s Sikh Gallery and museum compounds, a news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wcla-begins-restoration-work-lahore-forts-sikh-gallery-museum.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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