Shan State Cultural Museum
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The Shan State Cultural Museum is a museum
located at Bogyoke Aung San Road & Eintawshay Road, in Taunggyi
, Burma.
It displays divans, swords, fans, chairs used by Sawbwa (Shan Chief of former times), old painting
s, coin
s and traditional customes of the Shan races..
It was established in March 1989.
Admission fees is 2 US $ and opening hour is from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm (from Tuesday to Sunday).
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
located at Bogyoke Aung San Road & Eintawshay Road, in Taunggyi
Taunggyi
-Transportation:The main access to Taunggyi is by road. A railway line that passes through Taunggyi was recently built in 1995, but at the moment it offers no passenger service. Regular railway passenger service to the rest of the country is through the town of Shwenyaung, twelve miles to the...
, Burma.
It displays divans, swords, fans, chairs used by Sawbwa (Shan Chief of former times), old painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
s, coin
Coin
A coin is a piece of hard material that is standardized in weight, is produced in large quantities in order to facilitate trade, and primarily can be used as a legal tender token for commerce in the designated country, region, or territory....
s and traditional customes of the Shan races..
It was established in March 1989.
Admission fees is 2 US $ and opening hour is from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm (from Tuesday to Sunday).