Vietnam History Museum
Location:
Vietnam History Museum is located at No. 1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem
District, Hanoi; behind the Hanoi Opera House.
Characteristic: Vietnam History
Museum was founded in September 1958 and it contains a great deal of valuable
objects, which reflect all the periods of Vietnamese history.
The museum is a beautiful architectural work. It provides an area of 2,000m² for exhibition.
On the ground floor are theme rooms: Prehistory, Vietnam from the Time of National Building to the Tran Dynasty.
The second
floor features Vietnam from the Ho Dynasty to the Nguyen Dynasty and contains a
section on Cham Culture.
Nearly 7,000 objects and documents depict vividly the long process of
development of the Vietnamese community, its undaunted and heroic struggle for
thousand years, from its early history up to the August Revolution in 1945. The
system of computers installed on the second floor is intended for visitors to
search for information effectively.
The exhibits provide systematic, scientific and reliable information for those
who want to understand and research on the history of Vietnam. The museum is a
tourist attraction for people inside and outside Vietnam.
Source: Vietnam Administration of Tourism |