U Thant House in Rangoon

Former United Nations General Secretarys U Thant house.

U Thant House is a really beautiful place. It has lots of original items that belonged to U Thant. His home office looks like if he just left for a break in the middle of a working day.And there is one item that is really special: a small UN Flag that travelled to the Moon! 😮🌜 It was given to U Thant by the members of Apollo 15 crew in 1971 (see the picture below).Definitely worth visiting!

This place gives it all : History, beauty, drama, romance...U Thant, is really the personification of Myanmar at its best !Also, as Secretary General of "United Nations" , he was the 1st one to care about the planet !!

U Thant is one of the first person named this day.23.04.2020

It was one of the highlights of my stay 2020 in Burma to visit the „U Thant - House“, Yangon, in the company of his grandson, Thant Myint U, the famous author of many most important book about Burma: e.g. „The Hidden History of Burma“ is a must-read! I was especially thrilled that the Burmese people can now identify with another Burmese hero, U Thant, the 3rd UNO- General secretary, having mastered diplomatically - peacefully a world threatening crisis between USA & UdSSR, called the Cuba-crisis! He stands as an example for the future of Burma: a country striving for peace, identity & stability through a government offering unity and democracy!

Life of U thant in United Nations.

Nice place to learn more about U Thant. But the road to this house is tricky and quite hidden, try ask for locals until u find it.

Really nice place to visit. Got a lot of knowledge and history. Really enjoyed where his biography is narrated through the projector.Definitely recommend visiting!P.S. also a decent place to take photos ;)

One of the best places in the city. I didnt know that I would be that inspired by U Thant at his home. Young people, especially school children, should check this place out.

Its a beautifully done tribute to U Thant, the first non-European secretary general of the UN. We have a lot to learn from him.

A nicely quiet place about a man pretty much unknown to my generation.The formerly confidential memos to Kennedy and Khrushchev during the Cuba Crisis gave me goosebumps.

Very nice exhibition, beautiful house and surroundings. Entry fee, 10000 goes to caretaking of the house and the events organised for civil society.

U Thant is very proud of being a Myanmar citizen

Very nice place to visit in Yangon. It is former United Nations Secretary General U Thants museum and you can learn his life not only as an UN Secretary General but also for his real life.

I was learned more about of U Thant, UNs 3rd secretary.Respectively.

Thet Thet ( sorry for mispellingwas outstanding... a very interactive narration of former UN secretary general s life...

It was such a beautiful place and well maintained. The guides were very patient and knowledgeable

U thant House is one of the historic buildings of Yangon. Nice place to visit.

Beautifully restored house which commemorates the life of U Thant.

This building was once home to U Thant, a Burmese Diplomat who served 2 terms in the UN during the 1960s. His grandson came back from the US and restored this building to a museum, in memory of his grandfather.The guide was friendly and knowledgeable, the place was serene and tranquil. One of the best museums Ive seen in Yangon, all exhibits have English explanation and you are free to move around and touch most exhibits, though I would caution visitors to handle them with respect.Best to get a taxi here, its nowhere near any bus stops and like some of the reviewers have mentioned, enter via Inya Road

One of the best spots to visit for relax and knowledge. Bring your kids or students to motivate them as a Burmese or whosoever.Cool, inspired, knowledgeable and historic.

Great place for those love to see about 3rd UN General Secretary U Thant.

The house where U Thant, first Asian Secretary General of UN, had lived & worked as assistant to premier U Nu. Now a historical exhibition open to piblic. I met Thant Myint-U, his grandson, & author of the River of the Lost Footsteps, which I translated into Korean, & chatted abt his newest book, thr Hidden History of Burma

Best museum I’ve seen in Rangoon. Well designed spaces with good information. The internal transcripts on the Cuban Missile Crisis were particularly interesting. The girl on duty was very knowledgeable about U Thant and explained the photos well. I also enjoyed talking to her about Yangon University, where she’s currently taking her Masters at. Would have loved to chat with her more but was pretty much chased off by rampant mosquitoes, especially in the garden.If you’re walking to this house using Gmaps, don’t walk in from the U Wisara main road like I did! You gotta come in via Chindwin Road from Inya Road instead.

Adorable place and should go for more informations about Burma

Historical Place and the best place to learn about U Thant, Former Leader of UN in both of Myanmar and English. Normally its free of charge to learn at there. Once I hold an tour for one of our event, the staff there kindly guide us around and explained the history.I love to learn Myanmar language in this place as well.

Really loved my visit here. Its voluntary donations for local and 5000 kyats for foreigners!

U Thant extraordinary life is showcased in his former residence turned museum. Well documented and restored house with garden is pleasing. Staff on site to greet and suggest donation. An hour is all you need, do note the opening days. Visit if you are near the area or include it with Shwedagon Pagoda trip.

A former residence of U Thant, a Burmese civil-servant and the third Secretary General of United Nations.

A peaceful place to visit and contemplate.

Nice place with green garden..n have special explainer.. biography vedio view room...small office design with UN flag.

A good place to learn about UN Secretary U Thant and nice place for group discussion. Only open in weekends. One of a must-visit place in Yangon.

its really such a nice place and it was one of the Myanmars memorial Hall...

Very pleasant place to visit. Only takes about an hour and gives a great insight into a great man and some of the potential world crises that he helped navigate us through, especially Cuban missile crisis.

A good place to visit. Proud of South East Asia contribute to world peace.

a lot of old pictures there and I wish them to improve more and more with other items of U Thant as well.

An important piece of history, restored and kept alive at this location. If you have questions about Myanmar’s history, this is a story you should read into.

If youre having trouble finding it: look at the satellite view (attachedto see where the driveway exits to the (unnamed, as of this writingroad. I only saw street signs very close by. If you enter Sakura Residence as your destination it should be OK. Note the map (as of this writingis wrong as that road does not connect on the west to the bigger road.Actually I had never heard of U Thant before my trip so the museum was decently informative about a very important man in Cold War politics. Fascinating to read the correspondence among US, USSR, Cuban diplomats & U Thant surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis.Theres not much else to see besides a relaxing humble estate. But there are plans to expand a bit; as I understand the museum is quite new and only just now exploring its trajectory/home in Yangons cultural tapestry.

A place to visit and know more about UN Secretary U Thant.

Must visit place Yangon. Well maintained museum.

Former UN secretary general, U Thant, stayed this house before he worked for UN. The exhibition in the house shows his life and how he worked hard for the peace of the world. There is small room to watch videos and many panels to explain his life. The house had been renovated recently so not many furniture can be seen as he stayed, but its clean nice place to visit.

It is government-owned but was abandoned until 2015. U Thants grandson, Thant Myint-U led to revonnate it into a tourist attraction. Always good to know about some history of UN during the Cold War era. There is a parking sign before the compound but you can drive near to the house and park there since there is a big space around the house.

You can see U Thants memories.

Some care has actually been put into keeping this place looking good and it shows. There is a very nice and helpful lady who can answer any questions and assist you while there. There arent a lot of artifacts left over from his time living here; but there are a lot of good photographs that showcase his broad influence and dealings with world leaders during his tenure as Secretary-General.

It was a good chance to visit there.... a talented girl with beautiful smile will be there to explain everything that you want to know.

A good memorial place for late UN Secretary General U Thant of Burma, where he used to live when he serve as PA to Prime Minister U Nu, the first prime minister after independence from Great Britain.

Nice quaint old house with pictures. Missed Kofi Annan by 2 days

A very interesting visit, House has been well renovated and information displayed is interesting. I found reading copies of correspondence about the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis particulary illuminating.

A lovely colonial house and inspiring homage to a peacemaking genius who helped save the world from destruction in the 60s (youll see). Note that Google Maps does not show the road (as Feb 2017). It is a lane with a dead end which branches off Inya Road, just north of Sakura Residence. You will see the signs from there. Entry is free, but a donation is merited.

This memorial British colonial building was discovered and opened in 2015 after the realisation of democracy. The museum offers a few exhibition but very informative description with photos and atmosphere. Make sure you access from the INYA road because the Google map is not yet accurately taking you there.