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Its collection used to have about 618,000 books and periodicals as well as 15,800 rare and valuable manuscripts. However, in 2006, the military government announced a plan to move a large part of its collection to a new National Library in Nay Pyi Taw , and to auction off its 8-story building and 10-acre (4.0 ha) lot in Tamwe Township . [ 3 ]
[5] [6] Myanmar Book Centre supplies books and educational materials to 98% of the country's libraries, schools, and universities. [ 6 ] After the 2008 Cyclone Nargis , Thant Thaw Kaung succeeded his father to become head of the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, which seeks to preserve Burmese manuscripts and books.
Naypyidaw, officially romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), [a] [b] is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. [1] It is unusual among Myanmar's cities in that it is an entirely planned city outside of any state or region.
The Burmese Translation Society did not only translate books but also encouraged many other forms of Burmese culture and literature activities. [5] The Society established a free library in Rangoon 1956. By 2011 the library had 50,000 book titles in the main section and another 12,000 book titles in the reference section.
' great temple of the Dhamma which pleases good people '), is a Buddhist library or pitakataik in Thaton, Mon State, Myanmar. The library houses a rare collection of 785 traditional manuscripts, including palm leaf manuscripts and parabaiks , in a three-storey building donated by U Pho Thi, who is the library's namesake. [ 1 ]
Myanmar is known by a name deriving from Burma in Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek. [53] French-language media consistently use Birmanie. [54] [55] There are at least nine different pronunciations of the English name Myanmar, and no single one is standard. Pronunciations with two syllables are found most often in major British and American ...
Pages in category "Libraries in Myanmar" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bernard Free Library; L.
Yangon Division, Myanmar: Type: Museum: Collection size: 4112: Visitors: 98,097(2017-2018) Owner: Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar) Employees: overall 118 employees: Public transit access: Pegu Club Bus Stop (Bus No: YBS 21,39,65,etc) Website: asemus.museum /museum /national-museum-yangon