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Cham
Museum - Da Nang
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The Cham Museum is
located at the intersection of Trung Nu Vuong and Bach Dang streets in Da Nang.
The Cham Museum was built in 1915 with the financial support of the French
Far-East Research Institute in VietNam. This museum houses the most extensive
collection of Cham art worldwide. In the past, the capital of the Champa nation
was located in Danang; other famous sites of the Champa civilization include Tra
Kieu, Dong Duong, My Son, and Thap Man.
The Cham Museum was built in Cham architectural style, using thin lines that are
simple and gentle. Cham architecture originates from the period between the 5th
and 15th centuries, when a matriarchal society prevailed. At present, the museum
displays approximately 300 sculptures, among which some are made from
terracotta. The sculptures were collected from Cham temples and towers
throughout Central Vietnam, more specifically the area stretching from Quang
Binh to Binh Thuan. All the sculptures are displayed in ten showrooms named
after the localities where the pieces have been discovered.
After viewing the pieces in the showrooms, there are exterior exhibitions that
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History
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1 Pham Ngu Lao
HaNoi
Tel: 84-8-825-2853 |
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Museum
of the Cultures Of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups
Vietnam Ethnic Cultures Museum
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The Museum of the
Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups, located in downtown Thai Nguyen in Thai
Nguyen province, was established in 1960. It contains more than 4,000 documents,
exhibits, and pictures, concerning all aspects of Vietnamese civilization. The
museum also presents an extensive collection of agricultural, handicraft, and
hunting tools. Typical ritual clothes with bright colors and decorative motifs
of different ethnic minorities are also exhibited. The unusual costumes of the
Tay and Nung ethnic groups used for worshipping their sorcerers are embroidered
with lines and designs that supposedly perceive magical sounds.
The Viet Muong showroom presents nearly 500 documents, objects, and photographs
illustrating archaeological articles discovered in Phung Nguyen, Dong Dau, and
Go Mun in the north of the country. Exhibits of Vietnamese national agricultural
and handicraft productions and brocades woven by Muong ethnic minorities are
also displayed.
Exhibited in the Tay-Thai showroom are nearly 500 documents and artifacts
related to the slash-and-burn agricultural technique and traditional trades of
minorities, such as the Tay, Thai, Lao, and Lu. Women's clothes and musical folk
instruments such as the tinh string instrument, the flute, as well as displays
of the traditional ceremonies of several minorities are also exhibited.
The H'mong-Dao showroom displays approximately 600 documents and artifacts
reflecting the agricultural practices of the H’mong, such as slash-and-burn
farming, terraced rice fields, hunting weapons, and clothes of the H'mong-Dao
ethnic group.
The Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups is a repository depicting
the culture of ethnic groups living throughout the nation. It is also a place
for people to learn about the origins and traditional cultural identities of
every ethnic group in Vietnam. |
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Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday:
08.30 to 12.30H, 13.30 to 16.30H
359 Duong Tu Minh Street
Tel: 85-5781, 85-2182
Thai Nguyen City,
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Museum of Fine Arts - Ha Noi
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VietNam Museum of Ethnology
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The Vietnam Museum
of Ethnology is a convergence of cultures and a scientific ethnological center.
It has actively contributed to the conservation and development of the national
culture, as well as the cultural traditions and identities of the Vietnamese
nationalities.
The museum is located on Nguyen Van Thuyen Street (named after a famous national
ethnologist), in Cau Giay District, about 7-8 kilometres from downtown Ha Noi.
It covers an area of nearly 3.3 hectares. Ha Duc Linh, an architect of the Tay
ethnic group, designed the museum in the form of the ancient drum of the Dong
Son Culture, and interior decorations were designed by French architect,
Veronique Dollfus.
Being part of the National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, the
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is involved in various undertakings. It carries out
scientific research on Vietnamese nationalities, collects, classifies, assesses,
preserves, restores, exhibits, introduces and exploits the cultural and
historical values of all the nationalities. It also provides ethnological
references and trains staff in the specific fields of the ethnographic museum.
The Museum also attaches attention to the cultures of other countries in
Southeast Asia, seeing them as potential targets for exhibitions at the museum
in the near future.
Since its foundation, the Museum has preserved rich and diverse showpieces and
documentary references. At present, more than 15,000 objects, about 40,000
photographs and many audio-visual tapes, of which many collections are of highly
cultural value, are exhibited and preserved by the Museum.
At present, the museum comprises two main quarters: the inside and outside
display.
Most of the space of the 2-storey building is reserved for long-term and regular
display of objects and documents about the cultural characteristics and the
out-look of the Vietnamese communities. The showpieces are displayed according
to geographical locations and languages, into nine groups which closely link to
one another.
They are:
1. General introduction;
2. The Viet (Kinh) - Vietnam's majority group.
3. The Viet-Muong (Muong, Tho and Chut);
4. The Thai-Kadai, including 8 groups of the Tay-Thai (Tay,
Thai, Nung, San Chay, Giay, Bo Y, Lao, and Lu) and 4
groups of the Kadai (La Chi, Co Lao, Pu Peo, La Ha).
5. The H'mong-Dao (H'mong, Dao, Pa Then), the Tibeto-
Burmese (Lo Lo, Ha Nhi, La Hu, Phu La, Si La and Cong),
and the Sino-Tibetan (San Diu and Ngai);
6. The Mon-Khmers of the North (Khmu, Khang, Mang, Odu
and Sinh Mun) and of the Truong Son Range and the
Central Highlands (Ba-na, Brau, Bru-Van Kieu, Choro, Co,
Co Ho, Co Tu, Gie-trieng, Hre, Ma, Mnong, Ro Mam, Ta
Oi, Se Dang and Stieng).
7. The Austronesians of the mountainous regions (Chu Ru,
Ede, Gia Rai, Raglai);
8. The Cham, Khmer and Hoa.
9. Inter-changes among different groups, expressed through
highland markets.
In these 9 compartments, about 650 objects are displayed in 100 showcases, large
and small, with captions about the name, the place and producer of the object.
There are 33 panels with more than 50 articles and nearly 300 photographs
introducing the groups' cultural characteristics. In addition, there are
showcases about some other unique cultural identity or custom, such as non
(palm-leaf conical hat) making in Chuong Village, funeral rituals of the Muong,
buffalo-stabbing ceremony of the Ba-na, then (praying heaven for luck), etc.
which are illustrated by video films.
Inside the museum, there are short-term exhibitions. For instance, the "Cultural
Resemblance" (through the folk decorative art of the Tay-Thai and Austronesians),
opened on the occasion of the 6th ASEAN Summit held in Hanoi in December 1998;
the "Chidren's Mid-Autumn Festival - In the Past and At Present", opened at the
Mid-Autumn Festival of 1999.
The outside quarter of the display will be completed one section at a time.
Traditional architectures typical of each location nationwide are imitated at
the museum. They include the burial ground of the Gia-rai, the houses built with
po-mu timber of the H'mong, the stilt-house of the Tay, the mixed
stilt-and-ground house of the Dao, the traditionally-shaped house of the Viet,
the long stilt-house of the matriarchal E-de, the no-wall house of the Ha Nhi,
the long house of the Ba-na, etc. At each example, there are captions about the
material, tools and techniques with which the original ethnic builders were
invited by the museum to build the house. The ethnic builders also participated
in introducing information about their products and the cultural traditions of
their group. Each house looks like a mini-museum. Through the interior
decoration and illustrated information, the visitors can understand the life of
each ethnic group.
In both inside and outside quarters, the showpieces are displayed and preserved
in their original appearance. The explanations are in Vietnamese, English and
French, that is very convenient for visitors.
Among diverse presentations to the public, folk art performances and on-the-spot
making of the traditional handicraft articles attract a great number of
visitors. In September, the performance "Singing Cheo operetta" organized by the
Viet people in Tan Hoi Village, Dan Phuong District, Ha Tay Province, will open
for a series of shows at the Museum.
Besides exhibiting, the Museum compiled books, such as a catalogue about the
Museum published in 1997, Pictures of Vietnamese Nationalities (1997), The Great
Family of Vietnamese Nationalities (1998), Ancient Designs of Dak Lak (1999),
Research Projects by the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Volume 1 (1999), to name
but a few. |
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Cau Giay District
Ha Noi
Nguyen Van Huyen,
HaNoi
Tel: 84-8-756-2193
Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday:
08.30 to 12.30, 13.30 to 16.30 |
VietNam Historical Museum - Ho Chi Minh City
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The Historical
Museum in Ho Chi Minh City was built in 1929 and was called "Musée Blanchard de
la Bosse" until 1956. During that period, the museum had different exhibits of
ancient Asian art.
In 1956, the museum was renamed Saigon National Museum, and finally in 1975,
after some renovations, the museum was expanded and became the Ho Chi Minh City
Historical Museum.
Through the different exhibits that can be seen, the museum portrays Vietnam’s
history from ancient times (approximately 300,000 years ago) up to the 1930s,
when Vietnam’s Communist Party was founded.
The museum’s exhibits are divided according to the following topics:
Primitive Age
Rise of the Hung Kings
Fight for Independence (1st-10th centuries)
Ly Dynasty (11th-13th centuries)
Tran Dynasty (13th-14th centuries)
Le Dynasty (15th-18th centuries))
Tay Son Dynasty (18th-19th centuries)
Nguyen Dynasty (19th-middle of the 20th centuries)
A second part of the museum displays specific characteristics of the Southern
area of Vietnam such as the Oc-Eo culture, the ancient culture of the Mekong
Delta, Cham art, the Ben Nghe Saigon art, the Vietnamese ethnic minorities, and
ancient pottery of various Asian countries. |
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2 Nguyen Binh Khiem,
Dist. 1,
HCMC
Tel: 84-8-822-0743 |
National Library of Viet Nam
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31 Trang Thi
Ha Noi
Tel: 84-8-825-5397
Fax: 84-8-825-3357
Website: http://www.nlv.gov.vn
Director:
Mr Pham The Khang
Tel: 84-8-825-3040
Email: ptkhang@nlv.gov.vn
Deputy Directors:
Mr Tran Anh Dung
Tel: 84-8-825-2643
Mr Kieu Van Hot
Tel: 84-8-824-3003
Email: kvhot@nlv.gov.vn
Administration Chief:
Mr Dang Van Uc
824-4365
International Cooperation Department
Head:
Ms Nguyen Thi Huyen Dan
Tel: 84-8-824-8870
E: hdan@nlv.gov.vn |
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