Heritages and Museums
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The Bogyoke Aung San Museum, located in Bahan, Yangon, is a museum dedicated to General Aung San, the founder of modern Myanmar. Established in 1962, the two-story museum was Aung San’s last residence before his assassination in July 1947.
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The National Museum, located in Dagon, Yangon, is the one of the national museum of Burmese art, history and culture in Myanmar Founded in 1952, the five-story museum has an extensive collection of ancient artifacts, ornaments, works of art, etc.
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U Thant House isn’t like other museums, and it isn’t like other restored homes. The exhibit is split up into different rooms, each dedicated to different periods and themes of U Thant’s upbringing and career: Early Life, Educator, Writer, Public Servant, Secretary-General U Thant and Peacemaker.
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Drug Elimination Museum was opened with ceremony on June 26, 2001. It is located at the corner of Kyandaw Road and Hanthawady Road in Kamayut Township, Yangon, Burma, on the former site of the city’s largest cemetery, Kyandaw Cemetery.
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Nawaday Tharlar Gallery opened May 2012 with a passion for sharing art and ideas in Yangon. Nawaday Tharlar is devoted to creating a space for freedom of expression and a place for people to come together and share their art, music, poetry, stories and for holding workshops.
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The Botataung Pagoda is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda
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The Taukkyan War Cemetery is a cemetery for Allied soldiers from the British Commonwealth who died in battle in Burma during the Second World War. The cemetery is in the village of Taukkyan.
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Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue is the last remaining Jewish house of worship in Downtown Yangon and Burma’s only synagogue. The synagogue stands nestled between Indian paint shops and Muslim traders on a small street near the city centre.
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