Vietnam History Museum
Museo de Historia de Vietnam
Vietnam History Museum (No. 1 Phạm Ngũ Lão, Tràng Tiền street, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi) – this museum is located behind the renowned Hanoi Opera House. It was built in 1926 under the name Louis Finot Museum by the Ecole Française d’Extreme-Orient and finish in 1932. After being taken over by Vietnamese Government, the museum changed its official name to Museum of Vietnam History and opened to the public on 3 September 1958.
Although the museum is only 2,000m2 in total, it provides a great overview of the history of Vietnam thanks to chronological sequence. The site has two floors, among which Vietnam’s history is divided into 10 different sections, from the prehistoric era to the day when President Ho Chi Minh read out the Declaration of Independence giving birth to Vietnam.
In here preserving more than 7,000 precious objects, some aged thousand years old which represent the cultural diversity of the country. Historic objects exhibited here are not only Vietnamese origin but also consists other culture like China, Japan, Thailand and especially Champ with more than 50 stone-engraved back to 7th-13th centuries.
Admission: 40,000 VND per person (an additional 30,000 VND fee for taking pictures inside the museum). Hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm & 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm (daily). Closed on the first Monday of the month.