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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 ...
The first collection of wild animals in Yangon began in 1882 in connection with Phayre's Museum, then situated at the present site of the Yangon General Hospital. Funded by a public donation of 240,000 kyats (approximately US$240,000 then) construction started at the present site near the Royal Lake (Kandawgyi Lake) in 1901.
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
Myanmar Motion Picture Museum. This is a list of museums in Myanmar (also known as Burma). For museums in Yangon, see List of museums in Yangon. Chin State Cultural Museum; Kachin State Cultural Museum; Kayah State Cultural Museum; Kayin State Cultural Museum; Mandalay Cultural Museum; Mon State Cultural Museum; Museum of Shan Sawbwa; National ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Myanmar. ... "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006 This page was last ...
This site covers the fossil beds where some of the oldest remains of anthropoid primates have been discovered. They are about 40 million years old, from the Middle Eocene, and provide insight into the evolution of the primates and information about the flora and fauna of the period they lived in. [21] Shwedagon Pagoda on Singuttara Hill Yangon ...
The area from Yangon to Myitkyina is mostly monsoon forest, while peninsular Malaysia south of Mawlamyine is primarily rainforest, with some overlap between the two. Along the coasts of Rakhine State and Tanintharyi Division , tidal forests occur in estuaries , lagoons , tidal creeks , and low islands .
Hlawga Park is an open zoo in Myanmar's Yangon Region, covering 6.23 km 2 (2.41 sq mi) that was established in 1982. [1] It was created to protect evergreen, mixed deciduouss and swamp forest and for environmental education.