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10 History Museums in Vietnam That You Shouldn't Miss
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1. Bao Tang Quan Khu 9
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By jandc5744
This translates to War Museum, and the main museum does indeed cover the Vietnamese military and the wars they fought. There are many rooms to view and detailed history, I think mostly of the Vietnam War, including during the French occupation. There are dioramas and lots of photos and artwork depicting the struggle for freedom. This was a very informative museum. As you enter the grounds the main museum is directly in front of you. Near the museum to the left, under a protective roof, are some military objects, like the remains of a helicopter, some cannon, and other military weapons from the war that you can browse. We ducked in here and checked out some of it, but didn't stay long in this area. As you approach the museum from the road, to the right is the Ho Chi Minh museum. We visited this after the War museum and it was equally fascinating, as it covered the life of Ho Chi Minh. It was very interesting, and led me to want to read more about this man, to see what his views were. This museum had several floors as well, and we spent a lot of time walking through and learning about his life, his family, and his travels and writing. In both museums the signs were plentiful and much was in English so you could understand it. (Of course, my wife could translate things for me so a few things were made more impressive knowing what they said.) Can Tho has some of the most comprehensive museums we've visited and were a joy to see.
2. Old Fishing Village 3D Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
Mui Ne Museum is an interactive museum of local old fishing village. It was divided into 14 areas unfolding the 300 year of local fishermen and the famous fish sauce making industry. You will be guided with a documentary film and your group can have very nice photos taken along the 1600m2 area.
Reviewed By lannguyenhong
Many interesting facts about Phan Thiet Mui Ne can be found here. There are guides in English, Vietnamese, Russian and Chinese so anyone can understand the fishing village history here.. There was a 3D oceans for nice pictures taking as well... ticket is 100,000 VND, about 4 USD
3. Khanh Hoa Museum
4. War Remnants Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32,700 reviews
War Remnants Museum is a unit under the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Chi Minh City. Located in the museum system of Vietnam, the museum for world peace and a member of the World Council of Museums (ICOM), the War Remnants Museum, the Museum of thematic research, collection , storage, preservation and display of the material, photographs, artifacts on the evidence of the crime and the consequences of the war that the invasion force has caused to Vietnam.Museum store more than 20,000 documents, exhibits and films, in which more than 1,500 documents, artifacts, films have been applied to introduce in eight thematic exhibition frequently. In 35 years, the Museum has welcomed over 15 million visitors at home and abroad. Currently with about 500,000 visitors each year, the War Remnants Museum is one of the only cultural tourism to attract high public credibility at home and abroad.
Reviewed By peteboonywilliams - Sydney, Australia
Definitely worth visiting if you have to stay in Saigon. The museum has three floors of incredible war artifacts and history relating to the French colonisation, Vietnamese attempts of democratic independence and the US occupation. The atrocities levelled upon the Vietnamese population since the French arrived until unification is just unbelievable. The affects of agent orange is even more heartbreaking. The horrors of chemical warfare in WW1 led to a ban on such weapons. The short and long term affects of agent orange far surpass any of the horrors of WW1. To think that a so called social responsible democratically elected government could cover half of Vietnam, swathes of Cambodia and Lao with such an incidious chemical throughout the 60s-70s is unfathomable. Especially when you consider civilians and US/allied troops were also knowingly sacrificed to the affects of agent orange as well. To this day Vietnamese only drink bottled water because of the presence of carcinogenic material from agent orange.
5. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6,576 reviews
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is a unit under Vietnam Academy of Scocial Sciences. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation's different ethnic groups. The museum also serves to guide research, conservation, and technology that are specific to the work of an ethnographic museum.
Reviewed By srablair - Lytham St Anne's, United Kingdom
We visited here as part of our highlights of Indochina tour. This is a great museum with brilliant outdoor exhibits showing examples of the houses used by each of the ethnic groups that came together to form modern Vietnam. We spent a good few hours here as the indoor exhibits are also excellent with translations in English. There is also a good cafe in the grounds serving hot meals as well as tea coffee cakes etc. This was a good visit and would recomend it to anyone wanting to know more about the people of Vietnam and their origins.
6. Con Dao Musuem
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 86 reviews
Reviewed By dravinash23
I would recommend to come here prior to visiting the prisons and other places. You can learn about the history of the island and the prisons first, so that when you go visit the prisons, you would already know about the history regarding them and their significance. Check the timings of opening and closing hours.
7. Cotic
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 77 reviews
8. Lam Dong Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By keivaj2018
Fascinating museum about Dalat and the local region of its with displays of regional Cham excavations, local ethnic groups, some fantastic incredibly ancient stone xylophones, lingaphones and several old photographs from the French times. There's additionally a lovely 1930s villa up the hill hooked up with the final king of Vietnam with period home furniture & fittings.
9. Da Lat King Palace I
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By _fntham - Clarendon Hills, United States
We learned a lot of history touring the palace and even paid a fee to dress up in their costumes for pictures as Emperor and Empress of Vietnam! Palace is well kept and the grounds well tendered. We enjoyed this place.
10. Museum of Cultures of Vietnam's Ethnic Groups
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By chasemarta - Chapel Hill, United States
We visited the museum and had an english speaking guide. If you go, I suggest you get a guide. The information is in Vietnamese, French and English but you learn so much more from a guide. The ethnic museum in Hanoi is much larger but this one has lots of information and examples of the homes for the different ethnic groups. Definitely a place to visit.
