About
The Haveli: A Museum of Textiles is a private museum in Karachi dedicated to Pakistan’s textile heritage. Opened in December 2024, it was established by Nasreen Askari and Hasan Askari to preserve, document, and share textiles that are often treated as domestic or decorative objects rather than as records of history, identity, and skilled labour.
The museum is built around Nasreen Askari’s long-standing collection and research into regional textiles. Its displays include embroidered garments, woven cloth, quilts, prints, and accessories, with particular attention to the techniques, materials, and communities behind them. The collection considers textiles from Sindh and other parts of Pakistan, placing familiar forms of dress and ornament in their social and historical context.
The Haveli’s exhibitions show how cloth carries information: about region, faith, migration, trade, gender, celebration, and everyday life. By presenting textile work with the care usually given to painting or sculpture, the museum draws attention to the knowledge held in stitching, dyeing, weaving, and embellishment. It is a focused space for anyone interested in craft, design, material culture, and the many histories woven into Pakistan’s visual traditions.
