Chakdara Museum
Chakdara Museum was a museum of the state in the beginning but it was taken under the control of provisional Govt. This government constitutes a group of governors to run the affairs of Chakdara museum. G. Azhar khan laid the foundation stone of museum on 20th September, 1970. Later on, the museum was inaugurated by retired Fazl e Haq on 30th May, 1979. Thepurpose of building this museum was to display sculptors, jewelry, and weapons etc. The museum has a cluster of almost 2000 objects having approximately 1500 Gandharan pieces. The cluster includes the birth stories of Buddha, symbols of worship and the Buddha sculptors. Important portion of Buddha life includes the marriage, castle life, school, first meditation, first sermon at Sarnath, jewelry, weapons, etc. Other big size Buddha statues are also included in the collection. Another gallery founded in 1977 consists of almost 500 objects including the dresses, furniture, household utensils, and ceramics, etc.