Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Location: Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.
Features: The museum is a place to keep the documents and artifacts of daily life, culture, customs and traditions of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam.
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is located on a site area of ​​over 4ha, which began construction in late 1987 and inaugurated in 1997. It is the building designed by architect Ha Duc Linh (People Tay) and female architect Véronique Dollfus France, has three main exhibition areas: the exhibition in the building Bronze Drum, outdoor display area and display area in Southeast Asia.

Exhibition areas in the building in the meadow area of ​​2.500m² with 2 floors, divided into nine themes: a general introduction; Vietnamese language groups - Muong; Thai groups - Kadai; Mongolia group - Knife; Han group - Tibet; Mon - Khmer; Austronesian groups; Cham, Hoa, Khmer and exchanges and integration among peoples.

Outdoor exhibition area to introduce the architectural style typical house of the peoples of Vietnam (the length Ede, Tay stilt house, the wooden roof of the Mongolian po-mu, tiled house of Kinh , the tomb of Gia-Rai, the communal house of the Ba-Na, the land of the Ha Nhi wall ...).

Southeast Asian galleries are devoted to an overview picture rich culture of the peoples of Southeast Asia under 5 themes: linens, daily life, social life, arts and religion - Catholic faith.

With 15,000 artifacts, 42,000 movies and photos in color, Positive Film 2190, 273 audiotapes, music, videos and 25 373 CD-Rom, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is an attractive destination for tourists and abroad come to visit, study and cultural experiences of the people of Vietnam. This is the place regularly organizes demonstrations and craft forms of folk culture of different ethnic groups in Vietnam, Southeast Asia and other regions around the world.

Reputable travel website TripAdvisor has voted world Museum of Ethnology Vietnam ranked 4th out of 25 most fascinating museums in Asia in 2014.

The museum is open from 8:30 - 17:30 on weekdays (except 2nd), fare 40,000 / adults, VND 10,000 / children.