Vietnam Women’s Museum

Hanoi tours, tourists should explore the museums here. The following article will introduce the Vietnam Women’s Museum. It always changes and impresses with each thematic exhibition, the Vietnam Women’s Museum is continuously voted as the most attractive tourist destination in Hanoi by the world’s largest tourism website and the 6th most attractive Asia.

The glorious history of the Museum

Hanoi tours, tourists should visit this museum. This is Hanoi’s famous museum, also the pride of Hanoi people. Vietnamese Women’s Museum was established in 1987, and run is by the Vietnam Women’s Union. The construction started on an existing building in 1991, according to architect Tran Xuan Diem plans, and opened to the public in 1995. The exhibition presents objects from a large collection (around 28,000 items) gathered by the museum and the Vietnam Women’s Union since the 1970s. Those artifacts are related to the role of women in family life and history.

From 2006 to 2010, the museum was closed for, with funds from the Vietnamese Government, the Vietnamese Women’s Union, and the Ford Foundation. The Vietnamese Women’s Museum reopened to the public in 2010, with contemporary architecture and modern facilities, and a new permanent exhibition organized around three themes: Women in Family, Women In History and Women’s Fashion. At the same time, the museum has moved from a cultural and historical museum to a gender museum, providing information on cultural traditions, and issues of social and contemporary life.

What special is the museum that attracts many tourists?

The Vietnam Women’s Museum delivers a beautifully presented tribute to the women of Vietnam across the ages. There are plenty of historical contexts alongside a wealth of information on today’s more modern Vietnamese woman. The museum is run by The Women’s Union of Vietnam which is recognized as one of the country’s most powerful movements.

Inside the museum, there are lots of narratives as women of the rice paddy fields, service workers, street vendors, female business leaders, academics and mothers are all well represented. Additionally, there is plenty of information on everyday life including marriage, family life, fashion and life-changing rituals. Interestingly, there are also exhibits on the part women played in Vietnam’s wars. Displays are very well presented in a storytelling format with signs also in English and French. Historic documentation including Taoist books of the Dao people and wedding cards from the Kinh community will give visitors an in-depth insight into better understanding the women of Vietnam. Photographs and film footage documenting the life of heroic mothers during wartime are moving exhibits that should not be missed. Therefore, visitors should visit here at Hanoi tours.

Vietnam Women’s Museum – a place to store, display and reproduce the symbolic image of Vietnamese women from ancient times to modern times.

Visit Hanoi tours and museums to understand and love Vietnam. Wish you have a meaningful trip in Vietnam tours.