Halin Archaeological Museum

Halin Archaeological Museum is situated in Halin, Myanmar one of three ancient cities which are now on the World Heritage list, and operates under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture. The museum was established in 2021 and opened to the museum in January 2013, it is the last established archeological museum by the Ministry of Culture to date. It houses a permanent collection dating back to the pre-historic period and hosts temporary exhibitions. Under the jurisdiction of the museum and it’s staff are various archaeological sites including burial sites from the Neolithic, Bronze and Early Iron Ages right up to the Pyu Civilization period. (Zan N.M. (2016) Museums in Myanmar: Brief History and Actual Perspectives. In: Sonoda N. (eds) New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology. Springer, Singapore)

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