The Vietnam National Museum of History is in the Hoan Kiem district of Hanoi, Vietnam. The museum building was an archaeological research institution of the French School of the Far East under French colonial rule of 1910, was extensively refurbished in 1920. It was redesigned between 1926 and 1932 by architect Ernest Hébrard. The museum was acquired by the government of North Vietnam in 1958 and then the artifact collections were expanded to cover eastern arts and national history.
The museum highlights Vietnam's prehistory up to the August 1945 Revolution. It has over 200,000 exhibits displayed covering items from prehistory up to the 1947 revolution and founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, arranged in five major sections.
Open daily except the first Monday of the month: 8 am - noon, 1:30 pm - 5 pm
Adults: 40,000 VND
Students: 15,000 VND
Children: 10,000 VND
Children under 6: free
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_National_Museum_of_History
Official website http://baotanglichsu.vn/
Email trungbay@baotanglichsu.vn
Phone +84 4 38241384
Address 1 Pham Ngu Lao, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Coordinates 21°1'27.184" N 105°51'35.284" E
