[Ho Chi Minh Museum]
19 Ngọc Ha, Hanoi, Vietnam
Mon, Fri: 8.00am - 12 noon
Tue-Thu, Sat-Sun: 8.00am - 12 noon, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
Ho Chi Minh Museum was inaugurated on 19 May 1990 on the 100th anniversary of the late revolutionary leader of the country. As one of the most influential leaders in the world, Uncle Ho made it to the TIME magazine's list of 100 Most Important People of the Twentieth Century.
The entrance fee to the museum at the point of writing is VND 25,000 (~S$1.50). If you think that it's another ordinary museum showcasing historical artifacts, you're in for a surprise.
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| My hair was so long... |
You'll learn more about the life of Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam's revolutionary struggle against foreign powers on the first floor.
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| Such a neat handwriting! |
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| Ho Chi Minh was part of the French Communist Party from 1921 to 1925, and he then established the Communist Party of Vietnam. |
You may want to take a picture with a huge statue of Uncle Ho after climbing up the grand staircase.
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| Ho Chi Minh (胡志明), a Sino-Vietnamese name, means 'light bringer'. |
Things get even more interesting as you enter the dim area of the second floor, where history meets art. I literally went "Wow!" when I arrived at that part of the museum.
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| The almighty dragon~ |
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| The lighted bulbs indicate the cities where Ho Chi Minh lived, worked and dropped by. |
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| Given the chance, would anyone want to try wearing such a robe? |
There's a section on war-related exhibition.
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| Pick your weapon! :P |
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| Literary Chinese was replaced by the Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet in the early 20th century. |
There are items that depict the life of Vietnamese people.
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| Are those royalty tea sets, I wonder? |
Things do get pretty bizarre as you walk around.
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| There are quite a few pyramidal structures in the museum. |
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| Are those fruits that Uncle Ho liked? |
There's a souvenir shop that you may want to drop by after exiting the museum, which also houses a free traditional musical instrument performance.
Not far from the museum is the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, which was inaugurated on 29 August 1975. It's said that the final resting place of Uncle Ho is closed from time to time to preserve the body and for restoration work, and it happened to be the case during my visit.
Anyway, photography is prohibited inside the mausoleum.
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