Bagan Archaeological Museum
Established1904 (1904)[1]
LocationBagan, Myanmar
Coordinates21°10′04″N 94°51′22″E / 21.16778°N 94.85611°E / 21.16778; 94.85611
TypeArchaeology museum
Visitors295,284 (2019)[2]

Bagan Archaeological Museum is located in Bagan, Myanmar. It was established in 1904,[1] near the Ananda Temple 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 original Myazedi inscriptions, the Rosetta stone of Burma.[3][4][5]

History

In 1901, the Governor General of India arrived in the Bagan region to prevent the destruction of ancient art works and ancient religious buildings. Emanuel_Forchhammer, a professor of Pali at Rangoon College, was entrusted with the task of preserving it. In 1902, Taw Sein Ko, 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.[6]

On October 14, 1994, the chairman of the National Peace and Development Council, General Than Shwe, 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.[2]

Inside of the museum

The galleries on display at the Bagan Archaeological Museum are

  • Special gallery
  • Pagan Art Gallery
  • Pagan period architecture gallery
  • Pagan life gallery
  • Pagan period literature gallery
  • Pagan period Buddha statues
  • Pagan period mural art gallery

References

  1. 1 2 "Bagan Archaeological Museum, Myanmar". Asia–Europe Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 "295,284 local and foreign travellers visit Bagan Archaeological Museum". Mizzima. 9 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Zan, Nu Mra (2016). "Museums in Myanmar: Brief History and Actual Perspectives". New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology. Springer, Singapore. pp. 19–36.
  4. ↑ "Audio guides coming to Bagan museum in February, official says". The Myanmar Times. 30 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bagan Archaeological Museum Reopens After 19-month Shutdown - Global New Light Of Myanmar". GNLM. 4 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Zan, Nu. (2016). Museums in Myanmar: Brief History and Actual Perspectives. 10.1007/978-981-10-0886-3_2.
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