Hanoi Museums (HAN06)

Half-day excursion, you can choose 2-3 museums to visit.

The most visited is the Ethnographic Museum, which presents the peculiarities of culture and life of more than 50 different ethnic groups of Vietnam. In the halls of the museum there are traditional jewelry, outfits, weapons, musical and agricultural instruments, as well as household items and spiritual culture. In addition to the expositions, the Water Puppet Theatre holds its performances here on weekends. In addition to the main building of the museum, there are also other buildings, for example, houses that are traditional for different nationalities inhabiting Vietnam: mudstones, houses on stilts and brick. You can also visit the Thang Long Citadel.

The Hanoi Citadel is a cultural complex that includes the first royal corps of the Li Dynasty and later expanded during the Cha, Le and Nguyen Dynasty. The ruins roughly coincide with the current Hanoi citadel. The central complex of the imperial citadel was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. On the territory of the citadel, you can also visit the government bunker, where Ho Chi Minh and members of the government worked under bombing during the war with America.

Museum of Military History, or Museum of War. Here you will see not only the wreckage of American combat aircraft, but also the familiar former Soviet military equipment that participated in the Vietnam War. The weapons of various wars from the Nguyen dynasty to the last conflict with “brotherly” China are also presented.

The Museum of History of Vietnam is located in a colonial building, which displays a harmonious combination of French and traditional Vietnamese architecture. The museum has extensive collections covering all periods of development of Vietnam. Several halls are dedicated to each historical stage. Unique relics of Paleolithic and Neolithic times are collected here, ancient military history is also touched upon. The museum presents a huge collection of Tam statues. Magnificent paintings of the XIX century depict the life of the imperial court in Hue.

The exposition of the Museum of the Revolution tells about the patriotic struggle of the Vietnamese people during the French and American occupation. Here you can see the original documents signed by Ho Chi Minh. The staff of the museum is doing a great job to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of the country. The film bar has an extensive collection of documentaries covering the war years and the formation of the young Republic of Vietnam.