There are many best museums in Hanoi to discover. And in this article, we highly recommend some of them. We hope you all spend time visiting all of these great museums. We make sure that you will get unforgettable moments when discovering such destinations.
Address: Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Quan Hoa, Cau Giay.
Opening time: 08:30 am – 05:30 pm (except Monday)
The price is 40.000vnd/ adult, Students: 15.000vnd
Vietnam ethnology museum is one of the most interesting museums in Hanoi. It reflects the cultural diversity of different ethnic groups in Vietnam. The exhibition is to preserve the cultural heritage of 54 ethnic groups in the country. The Vietnam Ethnology Museum has raised the awareness of protecting Vietnamese culture and heritage for young people. They can visit and study more collections of artifacts. To travelers, this is a chance to discover the culture of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Remember to bring a camera to take many photos during your tour!
>>>Read more about Vietnam ethnology museum at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology from A to Z, entrance fee, opening hours
This is one of the most interesting museums in Hanoi
Address: No.1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.
Open: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun (close Monday)
The price is 40.000vnd/ adult, Students: 15.000vnd
The National Museum of Vietnamese History is among the top best places to discover art in this Asia country. Established on September 3, 1958, this was once the museum “Vien Vien Dong Bac Co”, École française d'Extrême-Orient. The building includes five different sections in French- style. Tourists can be surprised by the huge collections with more than 200,000 pieces detailing Vietnamese history. It contains works from Dong Son Culture, Hindu Statuaries, and many artifacts reflecting the French occupation.
This museum with French architecture
Address: No.36 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hang Bai, Hoan Kiem.
Opening hours: Monday – Sunday, 08:00 am – 17:00 pm
Phone number: 024 3825 9936
Entrance fee ticket: 40.000vnd/ adult, 10.000 for children
This museum is very close to the Hanoi Opera House. It was built to pay tribute to the women of Vietnam throughout history. Vietnam Women Museum is run by the Women’s Union of Vietnam. There are many exhibitions about merchants, mothers, scholars, and entrepreneurs, too.
The exhibition mentions the role of women, in the family, in society, and even during the war. Many publications are translated into English and French to help foreign visitors better understand the content. Among the best museums in Hanoi, this place has a special meaning, which helps the women to know more about their role in the family and country.
>>>If you interested in Vietnam Women Museum, you can read more at: Discovery Vietnamese Womens Museum in Hanoi 2023
The main gate of the museum
Address: 157 Doi Can Street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.
Opening hours: Every day from 08:00 – 11:00, 13:30 – 16:30 except on Monday and Friday.
Entrance fee: 30.000vnd/person
Phone number: 024 6273 0994
The B52 Victory Museum of Hanoi was established to pay tribute to the 1972 campaign 'Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu In The Air'. It was such an unforgettable time for many Vietnamese people living in the war when the Vietnamese Air Defense Force shot down 81 aircraft.
In the museum, many documents and artifacts can prove the glorious victory of the Vietnamese military. Visiting the B52 Victory Museum gives you a chance to know more about the history of the country. You can watch and take photos of many wreckages of the B-52 bomber, MIG 21, as well as SAM missile launchers.
B52 Museum
Address: 28A Dien Bien Phu Street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Open: Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun (close Mon and Fri)
Morning from 8:00 am – 11:30 am
Afternoon 13:00 pm – 16:30 pm
Entrance fee: 40.000vnd/ person – free for children under 6 years old
One of the best museums in Hanoi for visitors to discover Vietnam history is the Vietnam Military History Museum. The place is located at Dien Bien Phu Street, near many famous destinations such as Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Vietnam Arts Museum, and so on.
There is military equipment and transportation from the Vietnam War inside the museum. You can also see many documents about the victories of Vietnam against the French and US. You can take photos with a tank, or some airplanes such as a Soviet MiG or the wreckage of a B52 Bomber. There is even a model of the Cu Chi Tunnels.
Military museum Hanoi
Address: Co Dong, Ba Vi, Hanoi.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday including holidays. (Close on Monday)
30,000 VND/ person for adults, 10,000 VND/ person for students
Free for children below 6 years old
Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism is open from Tuesday to Sunday, attracting many tourists to visit. Although it is about 40 km from the city center, it is worth the trip because you can learn more about Vietnamese culture during the tour.
The tourism village has diverse mountainous terrain, along with peaceful valleys and lakes. This is a great place for couples, groups, and families. Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism has a whole area of nearly 200 ha, including hamlet structures, villages, and folk architecture. During the tour, you can learn more about 54 Vietnamese ethnic communities.
Vietnam National Village for Ethnic
Address: No.2 Hung Vuong Street, Dien Ban, Ba Dinh.
Open: Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun (close Mon and Fri)
Morning from 08:00 - 12:00, afternoon from 14:00 - 16:30
Ticket price: 40,000 VND / ticket
This is the resting place of Ho Chi Minh, the President of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The Mausoleum is located at Ba Dinh Square, where Ho Chi Minh Read the Declaration of Independence in 1945. Inside the museum, there are a lot of artifacts and documents about the life of this beloved president. We can know more about the patriotism of Uncle Ho, as well as his personality. The museum is open from 8 am to 11:30 am, except Friday.
Ho Chi Minh museum
Address: Pham Hung Street, Me Tri, Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi.
Open: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun (close Mon)
Morning from 08:00 - 12:00, afternoon from 14:00 - 16:30
Ticket price: 40,000 VND / ticket
Hanoi Museum is located in a large area of 54,000 m2, more than 30m high, being considered the most beautiful museum in Vietnam. Being built to commemorate 1000 Thang Long - Hanoi, this museum reflects the culture and life of people in Hanoi during periods. The building has an outstanding Asian style, with an inverted pyramid architecture. It consists of 4 floors with 2 basements, displaying different artifacts related to the development period of the capital.
Besides visiting historical artifacts, visitors can also see a model of Ba Vi National Park with a rich ecosystem of flora and fauna. In addition, tourists should visit the 3rd floor to discover a huge collection of artifacts from Vu Tan and Nguyen Dinh Su, including antique bronze drums, Dong Son bronzes, antique coins, etc.
Hanoi museum
Address: No 1 Hoa Lo street - Hanoi
Phone number: 024 3934 2253
Opening every day for visitors from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm every day,
Close from lunch, 11:30 until 13:30.
Price 30.000 VND
Hoa Lo Prison or Hanoi Hilton hotel is a famous destination in Hanoi for visitors who wants to learn more about the history of Vietnam and the wars with French and American. It was built in 1896 and was the biggest and highest security prison in Indochina
This place holds political prisoners and Vietnamese patriots, then after 1954, the place held American pilots who were still alive when they were arrested, the most famous one being a US Senator John McCain.
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is part of the Vietnam National Museum system, this was established in 1966, with the mission of being a place to research, collect, preserve and display documents, artifacts, and works. typical fine arts and introduce the quintessence of culture and art of Vietnam.
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is a building with French architecture located in the center of the Ba Dinh district. Therefore, this place not only attracts visitors by valuable artworks but also because of the architecture and landscape surrounding the building.
Vietnam fine art museum
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Air Defense Museum is one of Hanoi's museums, where it currently stores many valuable artifacts and documents proving the formation and development of the Air Force of Vietnam in two resistance wars with the French colonialists and the American army
The museum has internal and external display areas with different topics
It also displays many artifacts such as MiG 17, 19 and 21; transport helicopters, submarine-hunting helicopters; some attack aircraft obtained from the US
This is a unique cultural work of the Truong Son Army, the only place in Vietnam that preserves a road with a separate museum: Truong Son Street - Ho Chi Minh trail. With more than 15,000 artifacts will help visitors understand the difficulties, hardships, and fierceness that it has gone through
This trail is a supply route for tons of loads, and weapons from the North of Vietnam to the occupied South and an important part help North and South of Vietnam reunification.
Ho Chi Minh trail museum
The Hanoi Public Security Museum, in addition to storing valuable historical documents and artifacts, the Hanoi Police Museum is also a place to display and store evidence that the Capital Police forces seized during the arresting process. suppressing and dismantling criminal gangs. In addition, the exhibition space is very modern, sophisticated and attractive to viewers.
The space inside the modern design, is divided into rooms, each room is a theme corresponding to each historical period such as 1945-1954: 1954 -1975: 1975-1986: Hanoi police in the pre-renovation period/ 1986-2015: Hanoi police from renovation to present / President Ho Chi Minh with the Hanoi Police/ Outdoor memorial space
With this list, you can now know about the best museum in Hanoi to discover. Let’s book a tour and come to enjoy the capital with us!
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Author Hoan Nguyen
He has over 10 years of experience working in the tourism sector and operator. He has traveled to many places in Vietnam and around the world.
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