The Yangon municipal authorities of Myanmar will renovate the astrology museum in Yangon to attract more visitors after it took over the management of the museum from the Ministry of Culture, according to Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) Sunday.

The renovation of the astrology museum, which lies inside the People's Square, covers adding up-to-date astrological equipment such as sky projector as well as beautifying the environment by growing shade-providing trees and floral plants, the sources said.

The museum, built by Japan to mark the Myanmar-Japan friendship and cooperation, opened in 1987.

People's Square remains as a national-level park in the former capital opposite to the west gate of the world's famous Shwedagon Pagoda where city dwellers mostly take recreation.

Meanwhile, Myanmar will also open a wood garden at the park created with stem roots and branches from cyclone-downed trees. Wooden sculptures will also be displayed there, the YCDC said.

(Xinhua News Agency March 2, 2009)