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: 
 Visiting hours:
 From 8:00 to 11:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30 all days. 
 
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.
 

Hanoi Attractions

Hanoi City is a sacred land of Vietnam. The year 1010 then became an historical date for Hanoi and for the whole country in general.For about a thousand years, the capital was called Thang Long (Soaring Dragon), then changing to Dong Do, Dong Kinh, and finally to Hanoi Vietnam, in 1831. This sacred piece of land thereafter continued to be the theatre of many fateful events. Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars and natural calamities, Hanoi still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Famous sites include the One Pillar Pagoda (built in 1049), the Temple of Literature (built in 1070), Hanoi Cathedral, Hanoi Opera House, President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, Hanoi Old Quarter... Hanoi also characteristically contains 18 beautiful lakes

More Hanoi Attractions

• History of Military Museum
• Hoan Kiem Lake
• Co Loa Historical Site
• Hanoi Flag Tower
• Ho Chi Minh Museum
• Tay Phuong Pagoda
• Hanoi Zoological Garden
• Air Force Museum

• Ngoc Son Temple
• Ho Tay Water Park
• Ly Quoc Su Pagoda
• President Ho Chi Minh's Residence
• Ancient houses in Hanoi
• One Pillar Pagoda
• Pavilion's constellation of Literature
• Hoa Lo Prison Museum

• Hanoi Opera House
• Hanoi Cathedral
• Vietnam History Museum
• West Lake Hanoi
• Temple of Literature (Van Mieu)
• Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
• Thay Pagoda - Hanoi
• Fine Arts Museum

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