Established in Hanoi in 1997, the Vietnam Museum ofEthnology has served as a research centre and a public museum with amission to collect, document, preserve and exhibit the cultural heritageof Vietnam ’s 54 ethnic groups.
The museum ispreserving over 29,000 exhibits, including around 25,000 on Vietnameseethnic communities that reflect every aspect of their tangible andintangible culture, fuelling national solidarity and pride, whileraising awareness of equality between ethnic groups.
In addition to housing indoor and outdoor exhibitions, the museum willbe the first of its kind in Vietnam to introduce culture from acrossSoutheast Asia via a large display and performance space, which iscurrently under construction.
The museum haswelcomed over 3.2 million domestic and foreign tourists thanks to thevariety of activities it offers, such as cultural heritage preservationand traditional folk music performances.
People visit not only for entertainment but also to study the history and multicultural identities of each ethnic group.
Themuseum was cited among the most attractive tourist destinations inHanoi for 2012 by the TripAdvisor.com tourism website.
This year, the museum was ranked sixth in the list of 25 most attractive museums in Asia .
Since its establishment, the museum has been a highlight of Vietnam’s museum system and a prestigious cultural destination for visitors.-VNA
The museum ispreserving over 29,000 exhibits, including around 25,000 on Vietnameseethnic communities that reflect every aspect of their tangible andintangible culture, fuelling national solidarity and pride, whileraising awareness of equality between ethnic groups.
In addition to housing indoor and outdoor exhibitions, the museum willbe the first of its kind in Vietnam to introduce culture from acrossSoutheast Asia via a large display and performance space, which iscurrently under construction.
The museum haswelcomed over 3.2 million domestic and foreign tourists thanks to thevariety of activities it offers, such as cultural heritage preservationand traditional folk music performances.
People visit not only for entertainment but also to study the history and multicultural identities of each ethnic group.
Themuseum was cited among the most attractive tourist destinations inHanoi for 2012 by the TripAdvisor.com tourism website.
This year, the museum was ranked sixth in the list of 25 most attractive museums in Asia .
Since its establishment, the museum has been a highlight of Vietnam’s museum system and a prestigious cultural destination for visitors.-VNA
