National Museum Of Science and Technology

National Museum of Science & Technology (NMST), is an autonomous organization. It was formed under an executive order of the then Pakistan Government on April 26, 1965. This museum is functioning as an unitary body.

The museum has several galleries like:

Physical science gallery
Fun science gallery (1&2)
Biological science gallery
Technological gallery
IT gallery
Space science gallery
Young scientist's gallery

Except those, there are a science park, a sky observatory, a science library and so on.

The museum arranges different types of educational programme like :

Popular science lecture
Scientific film show
Children science festival
The museum also arranges National Science and Technology week each year both district level and national on behalf of the respective ministry.

The museum also helps the young scientists in developing their works.

Vision Statement

To build a science minded nation.

Mission Statement

To popularize science and technology through display of scientific exhibits & to encourage the young and non-professional scientists for their innovative activities.

Aim & Objectives

1. To create awareness of Science & Technology among the common mass
2. To popularise Science & Technology among the students and for this purpose:

To set up permanent exhibition in the museum
To arrange Science & Technology fair, Science exhibition and to organize various ompetitions on Science & Technology
To arrange Mobile Science Exhibitions
To publish journal on different subjects of Science & Technology
To arrange series of lecture on scientific topics, seminars and workshops
To organize research activities on the exhibits for the development of the museum
To arrange studies on space science by establishing a planetarium

3. To supplement the formal Science education in the schools and colleges through non-formal educational program
4. To undertake updating programme on Science education
5. To encourage and co-operate the young and non-professional scientist in their innovative works
6. To strengthen the science movement in the country by arranging mutual co-operation among the science clubs with the museum
7. To depict the chronological development of science & technology through various exhibits
8. To collect, preserve and to explain the application of old and new scientific and technological items
9. To help create awareness about the benefits of Science & Technology discovered by the scientists for welfare of the human civilization.