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The National Museum of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar was first opened in June, 1952 at the Jubilee Hall Building on Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon. The museum was moved to a larger location at 24/26 Pansodan Street in 1970, and to its present location in 1996. The new five story National Museum has been open to the public since 18 ...
This is a list of museums in Yangon, Myanmar. Bogyoke Aung San Museum; Myanmar Gems Museum; Myanmar Motion Picture Museum; National Museum of Myanmar; Planetarium (Burma) Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum; Shwedagon Pagoda Museum
State Pariyatti Sasana University, Yangon; State Pariyatti Sasana University, Mandalay [5] International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University; Department of Archaeology and National Museum; Fine Arts Department; Department of Historical Research and National Library - publishes the Myanmar Historical Research Journal
National Museum of Myanmar (Yangon) Y. Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum; Yangon Planetarium This page was last edited on 11 February 2024, at 23:48 (UTC). Text is ...
The Bogyoke Aung San Museum (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ် အောင်ဆန်း ပြတိုက်), located in Bahan, Yangon, is a museum dedicated to General Aung San, the founder of modern Myanmar (Burma). Established in 1962, the two-story museum was Aung San's last residence before his assassination in July 1947.
Besides the older National Museum of Myanmar in Yangon, it is the second of the two national museums for Burmese art, history and culture in Myanmar. [1] The construction of the museum was started on 3 June 2010, and the museum was opened on 15 July 2015. [2] The museum is open from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, except on Mondays and public holidays.
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is a stupa and a focal point of Buddhism in Myanmar. At 99.4 metres (326 ft) high, [ 22 ] the stupa is covered with gold leaf and plate . [ 27 ] It is surrounded by smaller shrines, and is topped with a gem-encrusted seinbu (diamond bud) [ 27 ] and a seven-tiered hti [ 28 ] representing Burmese spirituality.
The Yangon City Heritage List is a list of man-made landmarks in Yangon, Myanmar, so designated by the city government, Yangon City Development Committee. [1] The list consists of 188 structures (as of 2001), and is largely made up of mostly religious structures and British colonial-era buildings.