The museum serves as a storage facility housing artifacts and documents that hold significant meanings relating to the width of history and the depth of culture. This site offers visitors a vivid world where they may observe, discover, and have their perspectives widened. For travelers from all over the world, the museum is a significant tourist destination.
Vietnam National Museum of History
Vietnam National Museum of History is a venue for gathering, preserving, and showcasing Vietnam’s distinctive cultural heritages from prehistoric times to the present in the most thorough, plentiful, continuous, and comprehensive way. In the nationwide network of museums, this facility contains the greatest amount of national treasures. Furthermore, this museum has an antique and solemn appearance that seems to send visitors to Vietnam’s long-ago past of several thousand years of civilization history.
Address:
- Facility 1: No. 1 Trang Tien – Hanoi: displaying Vietnamese history from Prehistory to the end of the Nguyen Dynasty – the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam (1945).
- Facility 2: No. 216 Tran Quang Khai – Hanoi: exhibiting Vietnam’s history from the middle of the 20th century to the present.
Close on Monday
Opening Hours:
- Morning: From 8 am to 12:30 am
- Afternoon: From 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is a lively area about a miniature Vietnam with diverse characteristics of many ethnic groups and cultural regions. In this location, there are numerous appealing activities to attract domestic and foreign tourists, such as intangible cultural performances, experiential educational programs, etc. So, this place is the only museum in Vietnam awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for its outstanding achievements in building and organizing tourism activities in the locality in 2021.
Address: Nguyen Van Uyen, Quan Hoa, Cau Giay, Hanoi
Opening Hours:
- From 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
- From Tuesday to Sunday
Vietnam Military History Museum
The Vietnam Military History Museum is a national museum that is ranked first in the Military Museums system. It depicts Vietnam’s military history in chronological order. Visitors to this museum can imagine the heroic resistance times of the Vietnamese people from King Hung’s construction of the country to the present day.
Address: 28A Dien Bien Phu Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
Close on Monday and Friday
Opening hours:
- Morning: from 8 am to 11:30 am
- Afternoon: from 1 pm to 4:30 pm
Vietnam Air Defense – Air Force Museum
In Vietnam’s museum system, the Air Defense – Air Force Museum is ranked second. This location provides critical shreds of evidence for the formation, struggle, and achievement of the Air Defense – Air Force of Vietnam. This museum has two primary exhibition areas: an indoor section with about 3000 objects, documents, and photos and an outdoor area with 100 artifacts such as anti-aircraft artillery, radar, anti-aircraft missiles, and so on.
Address : 173C Truong Chinh, Khuong Mai, Thanh Xuan, Ha Noi
Close on Friday
Opening hours:
- Morning: from 8 am to 11 am
- Afternoon: from 1 pm to 4 pm
Vietnamese Women’s Museum
President Ho Chi Minh presented golden words to honor the virtues of Vietnamese women: resilient – indomitable – loyal – capable. The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is a place to collect, preserve and introduce the beauty, values, and role of Vietnamese women throughout the course of cultural history. Visitors to the museum can learn about simple stories that illustrate the silent sacrifices, temperament, and soul of Vietnamese women.
Address: 36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hang Bai, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Opening hours: From 8 am to 5 pm daily.
Hanoi Museum
The museum was completed by the end of 2020. Hanoi Museum houses and displays hundreds of valuable antiques and documentation concerning the thousands–year–old Hanoi capital. The Museum’s regular exhibition features seven themes and 33 sub-themes, including:
- Theme 1: Nature
- Theme 2: Journey to Thang Long (the old name of Hanoi)
- Theme 3: Thang Long
- Theme 4: Hanoi in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Theme 5: Resistance
- Theme 6: Building Socialism
- Theme 7: On the Way to Innovation
Address: Pham Hung Street, Me Tri, Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi
Opening hours:
- Morning: from 8 am to 11:30 am
- Afternoon: from 1:30 pm to 5 pm
- From Tuesday to Sunday
Ho Chi Minh Museum
The museum is located in the Ho Chi Minh complex including Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Stilt House area, and Ho Chi Minh Museum. The Ho Chi Minh Museum is a place where a considerable number of records about President Ho Chi Minh, the head of the Vietnamese nation, are kept. These documents cover his life, career, moral philosophy, spirit, and outstanding personality. All these most vivid and authentic pieces of evidence are displayed to help visitors see his lifelong dedication and sacrifice for the residents of Vietnam. The Museum
Address: 19 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Opening Hours:
- From 8 am to 11:30 am
- Monday and Friday are closed
Bat Trang Pottery Museum
The Bat Trang Pottery Museum has a distinctive design with seven enormous spirals that were motivated by the gentle wind in the ceramic-making process. This location provides products and well-known handicrafts from the traditional Bat Trang ceramics village. Furthermore, this museum serves as a venue for cultural exchanges and connecting individuals in community events such as fairs and traditional cultural programs, etc. The museum officially went into operation in 2021. This is also a new favorite destination of young people in Hanoi because of its unique and attractive architecture.
Address: No. 28, Village 5, Bat Trang Street, Gia Lam, Hanoi
Opening hours:
- From 8 am to 6 pm
- From Monday to Sunday.
