WHAT THE MUSEUM SHOWCASES

Partition-related memorabilia such as official documents, newspaper clippings, mementos, rare photos, literature, artefacts and films. An antique pocket watch of someone killed in mob violence in Pakistan, woven fabrics from craftsmen of the time, a traditional rope cot carried by a refugee across the border and black-and-white family photographs. Screens showing recorded interviews of Partition survivors. Hall of Freedom Struggle plays songs of resistance with Amrita Pritam’s poem addressed to Waris Shah being played in the background. Galleries on two floors, an archival room and a shop and an area for recording people’s stories. At Gallery of Hope, visitors are invited to scribble messages of love and peace on leaf-shaped papers before hanging them on a barbed-wire tree