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Bagan Archaeological Museum

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178: 27: 169:, who visited Bagan region , guided the construction of a large museum in Bagan. The museum opened on April 17, 1998. At the time of the construction of the building, the previous eight-point museum was kept, and the office of the Department of Archeology next to it was dismantled. According to State media report, a total of 295,284 local and foreign travellers visited the Bagan Archaeological Museum in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. 337: 133:
and was reconstructed in 1938. In the Second World War, the artifacts were buried in the earth to avoid destruction. In 1952, when Myanmar became independent, the Ministry of Culture started managing the museum. The three-story museum houses a number of rare Bagan period objects including the
162:, head of the Department of Inscriptions and Stones (now the Department of Archaeology), collected ancient stone inscriptions and artifacts from around Bagan. To display them, a small museum was built in 1904 to the north of the Ananda Temple, where ancient stone inscriptions were displayed. 372: 71: 150:
In 1901, the Governor General of India arrived in the Bagan region to prevent the destruction of ancient art works and ancient religious buildings.
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On October 14, 1994, the chairman of the National Peace and Development Council, General
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Zan, Nu Mra (2016). "Museums in Myanmar: Brief History and Actual Perspectives".
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The galleries on display at the Bagan Archaeological Museum are
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Bagan
Coordinates
21°10′04″N 94°51′22″E / 21.16778°N 94.85611°E / 21.16778; 94.85611
Archaeology museum
Bagan
Ananda Temple
Myazedi inscriptions
Rosetta Stone
Emanuel_Forchhammer
Rangoon College
Taw Sein Ko
Than Shwe



"Bagan Archaeological Museum, Myanmar"
Asia–Europe Foundation


"295,284 local and foreign travellers visit Bagan Archaeological Museum"
"Audio guides coming to Bagan museum in February, official says"
"Bagan Archaeological Museum Reopens After 19-month Shutdown - Global New Light Of Myanmar"

Bagan Archaeological Museum
Categories
1904 establishments in Burma
Archaeological museums
Bagan
Buildings and structures in Mandalay Region

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