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The Mon State Cultural Museum ( Burmese: မွန်ယဉ်ကျေးမှုပြတိုက်), formerly Mon Ethnic Cultural Museum, is a
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
located at No 50, Htawai Bridge Road & Baho Road, in
Mawlamyine Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; , ; th, เมาะลำเลิง ; mnw, မတ်မလီု, ), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar (Burma), ''World Gazetteer'' south east of Yangon and south of Thaton, at th ...
,
Mon State Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...
in
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. It was established in 1955. It is under the management of Department of Archaeology and National Museum (Myanmar).


Collections


Mon culture

The museum mainly displays traditional costumes, Buddhist artefacts, sculptures,
palm-leaf manuscript Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed ...
, handicrafts, bronzeware, silverware, coins and figurines of the ethnic
Mon people The Mon ( mnw, ဂကူမည်; my, မွန်လူမျိုး‌, ; th, มอญ, ) are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and s ...
who founded one the earliest civilisations in
Mainland Southeast Asia Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Mainland Southeast Asia. Essentially, the museum houses ceramic art of
Mon kingdoms Mon kingdoms were polities established by the Mon-speaking people in parts of present-day Myanmar and Thailand. The polities ranged from Dvaravati and Haripuñjaya in present-day northern Thailand to Thaton, Hanthawaddy (1287–1539), and the ...
including ''
Martaban jar ''Tapayan'' or ''tempayan'' (also known as ''balanga'', ''belanga'', or ''banga'') are large wide-mouthed earthenware or stoneware jars found in various Austronesian cultures in island Southeast Asia. Their various functions include fermenting r ...
s'' and Mon musical instruments that can only be seen in the world famous museums. Moreover, it exhibits a manuscript copy of Myazedi Stone Inscription (AD 1113) in
Mon language The Mon language (, mnw, ဘာသာမန်, links=no, (Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်) ; my, မွန်ဘာသာ; th, ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon peopl ...
and a replica of Ceremonial helmet of Queen regnant
Shin Sawbu Shin Sawbu ( my, ရှင်စောပု, ; mnw, မိစဴဗု; 1394–1471) was queen regnant of Hanthawaddy from 1454 to 1471. Queen Shin Sawbu is also known as Binnya Thau ( mnw, ဗညားထောဝ်; mnw, ဨကရာဇ ...
(the real one is at the
V&A Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
,
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). File:Lorchestre thaïlandais piphat mon (musée de la musique) (3771128467).jpg, Mon musical instruments exhibited at
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,
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File:Museo Naval Madrid Tinaja Martaban 019 Lou.JPG, A ''Martaban jar'' in the
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,
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File:Kyam at Mon Buddhist Temple Fort Wayne.jpg, A ''
kyam The ''mi gyaung'' ( my, မိကျောင်း ) or ''kyam'' ( mnw, ကျာံ, ; pronounced "chyam") is a crocodile-shaped fretted, plucked zither with three strings that is used as a traditional instrument in Burma. It is associated ...
'' at
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, USA File:Shwedagon Crown.JPG, Ceremonial helmet of Queen regnant Shin Sawbu, now at the V&A Museum, London


Other cultures

The museum also displays artefacts of the
Pyu people , conventional_long_name = Pyu city-states , common_name = Pyu City States , era = Classical antiquity , status = City , event_start = Earliest Pyu presence in Upper Burma , year_start = c. 2nd century BCE , date_start = , event_en ...
, Taungoo culture and Konbaung culture including the 19th century divans used by
Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
's Queen Seindon and Princess
Myat Phaya Galay Princess Myat Phaya Galay ( my, မြတ်ဖုရားကလေး; 25 April 1887 – 3 March 1936) was a Burmese royal princess and senior member of the Royal House of Konbaung. She was the fourth daughter of the last ruling king of Burma, ...
, who resided in Mawlamyine in the late 19th century or the early 20th century.


Entry

Museum's opening hour is 09:30 AM - 04:30 PM (Tuesday to Sunday) except
public holidays A public holiday, national holiday, or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Sovereign nations and territories observe holidays based on events of significance to their history, ...
. The museum entry fee are charged at 5,000 Kyats (approximately US$3) for foreign visitors, 500 Kyats for local adults and free-of-charges for school children.


See also

*
Mon–Khmer languages The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are t ...
* Early history of Thailand *
Prehistory of Myanmar The prehistory of Burma (Myanmar) spanned hundreds of millennia to about 200 Common era, BCE. Archaeological evidence shows that the ''Homo erectus'' had lived in the region now known as Burma as early as 750,000 years ago, and the ''Homo sapien ...


References

Museums in Myanmar Buildings and structures in Mon State Museums established in 1990 {{Burma-museum-stub