Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum

Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum
မူးယစ်ဆေးဝါးပပျောက်ရေး အထိမ်းအမှတ်ပြတိုက်
EstablishedJune 21, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-06-21)
LocationKamayut Township, Yangon, Myanmar
AccreditationMinistry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar)
Websitedrugmuseum.gov.mm

The Drug Elimination Museum (Burmese: မူးယစ်ဆေးဝါးပပျောက်ရေး အထိမ်းအမှတ်ပြတိုက်) is a museum in Yangon, Myanmar. It opened with ceremony on June 26, 2001.[1] It is located at the corner of Kyandaw Road and Hanthawady Road in Kamayut Township, Yangon, Burma, on the former site of the city's largest cemetery, Kyandaw Cemetery. It is dedicated to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and illicit trafficking.[2][3]

The museum has three floors which contain exhibits on drug abuse and government efforts to contain the problem.[4] The highlights of the museum include the eccentric dioramas, the random exhibits that demand interpretation, and the macabre displays depicting the detrimental repercussions of drug usage.[5]

References

  1. ^ "About Museum". Drug Elimination Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ "မူးယစ်ဆေးဝါးတိုက်ဖျက်ရေး ပန်းချီ၊ ကာတွန်း၊ ပိုစတာဆုရသူများကို ဆုချီးမြှင့်". burmese.dvb.no. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  3. ^ Downing, Jared (2017-03-07). "ရန်ကုန်မြို့က မေ့လျော့ခံထားရတဲ့ မူးယစ်ပြတိုက်". Frontier Myanmar (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  4. ^ "My Bizarre Trip to Burma's Drug Elimination Museum". 20 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Yangon Drug Elimination Museum". Myanmars Net Media. Retrieved 2022-11-12.


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