Description of the attraction
The Museum of History and the Museum of the Revolution are located opposite each other, they are considered a single museum, although their buildings were built at different times and in different styles.
The Museum of History is the successor to the French Museum of the Far East. The building for this museum was built in 1926 in the colonial style. In September 1958, already in the independent state of Vietnam, the museum was named historical. Its collection is unique - both in terms of time coverage and in the exclusivity of many exhibits. Each hall of the two-story museum is dedicated to a certain stage in the country's history from the Neolithic and Paleolithic periods. In a separate room there are collections of ancient cultures from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. Among the rare valuable items are exhibits of Khmer culture, Hindu stone statues of Champa, ancient ceramics. Many original artifacts can be seen in exhibitions from the times of the great Vietnamese emperors. An exhibition of beautiful watercolors tells about the life of the imperial court in Hue.
In 1959, the Museum of the Revolution was built opposite the History Museum. The light lotus-shaped building is intended to symbolize the purity of the revolution and its leader, Ho Chi Minh. The exposition of the museum tells about the struggle of the people of a small country against French colonization and American aggression, about the formation of a young independent state. Documents, photographs, military uniforms, weapons and much more are presented. Even the guillotine of Hoa Lo prison, which the colonialists used to execute Vietnamese patriots.
The museum contains more than two thousand historical documents signed by Ho Chi Minh, his articles and photographs, and in the courtyard there is a gift to the leader of the revolution from the Soviet Union - an armored car.
