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The Pathein Cultural Museum is a museum in Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. The museum began as the Bogyoke Aung San Library in 1960. In 1963, it was handed over to the government, and became the Irrawaddy Division Museum and Library. The new museum was opened in December 1990, and displays Pathein bamboo umbrellas, Buddha images, paintings, bronze drums, weapons, lacquer-wares and clay pipes, folk, arts materials, and bronze weights used in the 19th century.
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