Mohatta Palace

The Mohatta Palace is a museum located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Designed by Agha Ahmed Hussain, the palace was built in 1927 in the posh seaside locale of Clifton as the summer home of Shivratan Mohatta, a Hindu Marwari businessman from what is now the modern-day Indian state of Rajasthan. The palace was built in the tradition of stone palaces of Rajasthan, using pink Jodhpur stone in combination with the local yellow stone from nearby Gizri. Mohatta could enjoy this building for only about two decades before the Partition of British India, after which he left Karachi for the new state of India.

The palace has an area of 18,500 sq ft (1,720 m2) and its facade is trimmed with windows, stone brackets, spandrels, domes, balustrades with floral motifs and exquisite railings. There are nine domes, with a centre dome in the middle; while the windows in the front portion opening out into the garden are of blue colour and those in the rear area are arched windows with stained glass.

The Mohatta Palace Museum offers a diverse range of activities for both the casual and informed visitor. Families and school children are particularly welcome and tours can be arranged in advance.

Exhibitions
Group Tours
Public Events

Admission

Adults Rs. 30 only
Free admission for senior citizen, school students and

children under 12 years

Photography not permitted inside the Museum

Opening Hours

Tuesday – Sunday: 11.00 am – 6.00 pm
Monday closed

The Museum is also closed on certain public holidays.
Please telephone the Museum before visiting it on a public holiday.
Timings change in Ramzan.

The following public transport is available to the Museum:

Bus: No 20, Minibus: N and W30
Coaches: Super Hasan Zai and Khan Coach.

Ten minutes walk from both Abdullah Shah Ghazi and

the Do Talwar monument.

Location