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Locaied on Nguyen Van Huyen Road in Cau Giay District, west of Hanoi, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology opened at the end of 1997. Since then, it has attracted the attention of visitors as well as ethnographers and researchers from all over the world.
It contains more than 10,000 objects, 15,000 black and white photos and hundreds of video tapes and cassettes which depict all aspects of life, activities, customs, -and habits of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam. The Ethnological Museum has successfully recreated the daily life together with the religious rituals and the symbolic festivals of each ethnic group in Vietnam. Visitors have the opportunity to admire costumes, embroidery as well as outside stilt houses and habitats from the different groups.
All displayed objects mingle and supplement one another to create a colourful and diversified picture of Vietnamese culture.
An open-air exhibition in the museum's spacious and peaceful ground features ethnic houses from all over Vietnam.
The displayed object area is divided into 9 parts:
• Introduction
• Introduction of Viet (Kinh)
• Introduction of Muong, Tho, Chut ethnic groups
•The ethnic groups belong to the Tay, Thai, and Ka Dai Groups
• The ethnic groups belong to the H'Mong-Dao Group, Tang Group and San Diu, Ngai ethnic Groups.
•The ethnic groups belong to the Mon-Khmer Group
• The ethnic groups belong to the Nam Dao
• The ethnic groups: Cham, Hoa, Khmer
• Exchange and mingle between the ethnic groups
It is open from 8.30am to 5.30pm, closes Monday and Tet holiday.