THE first meeting of the Preservation and Exhibition Committee for the Bogyoke Aung San Museum (Yangon) was held on 6 December at the museum located on Bogyoke Aung San Museum Road in Bo Cho Ward 1, Yangon.
During the meeting, Vice- Chair and Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Daw Nu Mra Zan said that the Bogyoke Aung San Museum (Yangon) is under the National Museum (Yangon), and therefore, personnel implementing the tasks will need to coordinate continuously with the National Museum (Yangon). She stated that once the Ministry of Construction completes all renovation tasks, the museum will reinstall the transferred exhibition items for display. She added that the committee must calculate and prepare the required special lighting and other necessary elements for the exhibition layout, and she urged all relevant departments to implement their responsibilities systematically in line with their respective guidelines.
The Yangon City Development Committee vice mayor, senior officials from the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, the Myanmar Council of Architects, the Federation of Myanmar Engineering Society, experts from the task force-2 of the Ministry of Construction, officials from the Department of Information and Public Relations, the National Archives Department, the Central Equipment Statistic and Inspection Department, the National Library (Yangon) and the National Museum (Yangon) discussed sector-wise matters to support the preservation and exhibition work of the Bogyoke Aung San Museum (Yangon).
Afterwards, the deputy minister and the team inspected the ground floor, upper floor and lawn areas of the museum, which require renovation. They checked the rear lawn area and a section of ground that has subsided and instructed priority repairs. They also directed the replacement of only the damaged sections of the flooring, pillars, walls, window frames and roofs inside the building, together with other necessary arrangements. — MNA/KZL
