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Trade with India during the Pyu period brought deep cultural contacts heavily influencing many aspects of visual culture in Myanmar. However, scholarship and archaeology on Pyu, Mon and Dvaravati art in neighbouring Thailand were biased by colonial attitudes in the 20th century, placing a greater emphaisis on comparisons to well-documented Gupta art.
In February 2012, seven local companies and three foreign companies submitted a proposal to the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) to convert the Ministers' Building into a Martyrs' Museum, culture aspect and theme park. [9] Anawmar Art Group will operate the museum under the guidance of historians, curators and the Yangon Heritage Trust. [10]
Hand-colored studio portrait of a woman in Burma, ca. 1910. Myanmar Photo Archive (MPA; Burmese: မြန်မာဓာတ်ပုံမော်ကွန်းသည်, romanized: myanmardharatpone mawkwann sai) is both a physical archive of photographs taken between 1889 and 1995 in Myanmar (Burma), and a public awareness project of the country's visual culture.
The architecture of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), in Southeast Asia, includes architectural styles which reflect the influence of neighboring and Western nations and modernization. The country's most prominent buildings include Buddhist pagodas , stupas and temples , British colonial buildings, and modern renovations and structures.
Pansodan Gallery has sought to increase the international profile of Myanmar art, and has collaborated with Lindenmuseum in Stuttgart for an exhibition about depictions of religion in art from ancient times to today, [20] and has had numerous exhibitions in other countries, including Singapore, Thailand, Australia, the USA, France, the Inside ...
In 2015, the museums of Myanmar joined the International Council of Museums (ICOM) for wider international cooperation. [8] In order to meet international standards of skills training and development for staff in museums to protect, safeguard and share the country's unique cultural heritage, the National Museum has also cooperated with the ...
Documenting and promoting aspects of modern visual culture, the Myanmar Photo Archive (MPA) is both a physical archive of photographs taken between 1890 and 1995 in Myanmar and the country's former period of British Burma. Further, MPA is an ongoing project for the public awareness of the country's social history. Through various exhibitions ...
This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the nation of Myanmar, its political subdivisions, geography, transportation, culture, history, people, and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Myanmar in a fair and accurate manner.