Top Things to do in Yangon (Rangoon)
The 6 Best Specialty Museums in Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon Region
Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) is no longer the capital of Myanmar, but it has experienced a huge increase in tourism recently. Book early, as hotel rooms are sometimes hard to find! While you’re in town, the Shwedagon Pagoda, an immense, ancient Buddhist shrine, is a must-see—TripAdvisor travelers recommend visiting at sunrise or sunset.
Restaurants in Yangon (Rangoon)
1. Panthu Mahar
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 6 reviews
Welcome to only and one largest privately owned stones, minerals and crystals collections in Myanmar. Here you can visit us and experience a professional and at the same time home felt geological exhibit where most of the Burma earthly treasures are on display. Panthu Mahar currently hold more than 6000 natural stones of Myanmar. It is our passion to not only learn each and every day about the specimens that we work with but share that experience with all of you as well. We hand select our minerals from every region of Myanmar so that we have an eclectic assortment for you to choose from. We believe that the beautiful things that Earth creates should be readily available to everyone. We also have Natural Gems & Jewellery, Lacquerware, Tapestry, Oil Paintings, Sand Paints, Bronze, Bamboo rattan ware and many other Souvenirs.Whether you're are a traveler looking for something memorable to bring home, or a resident looking to explorer more about the nature wonder of Myanmar. One stop!
2. U Thant House
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4.5 based on 149 reviews
U Thant House is a place to remember the life and work of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant and to discuss national and global challenges. There is a permanent exhibition featuring dozens of photographs and film footage tracing U Thant's life from the modest beginnings in the Irrawaddy delta town of Pantanaw to his time as the world's premier diplomat. Visitors can also take a guided tour performed by our knowledgeable museum facilitators. Please notice we are open only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 5pm. Visits outside these open hours can be arranged.
Reviewed By Sandy5259 - Vancouver, Canada
We had a wonderful visit at this museum. You make a donation of 10,000 at the outside of the building. The docent will invite you to first review the artifacts, photographs and descriptions that are on the second level. There is also a 10 minute video on the second floor. Then you come downstairs and ask for a quick tour of the main floor which basically explains who is in each of the photographs along with U Thant. The docent was quite knowledgeable. You can purchase a guide to the museum, for $3, although they were sold out of English guides when we were there. U Thant a great man. He carefully navigated through several world crises. I believe he would be very disappointed in the current state of the United Nations. The General Assembly seems to be dominated by the 23 Arab and other Muslim countries and their supporters. The Security Council is dominated by the veto power of Russia and China. How sad. If you like this review and or the photographs, please feel free to give me a thumbs up. You may also wish to check out my reviews of other tourist sites in the city as well as in Singapore, Bangkok, Taiwan, cities in Cambodia and Vietnam as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, and South America.
3. Myanmar Amber Museum
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
It's all about Burmite Amber education. See very rare amber with valuable inclusions first hand. Could there be dinosaurs in amber? Visit us and find out!
