Nice small museum of Vietnam history from prehistoric period to the last emperor in mid 1900’s. Exhibits were good but could be organized a little better to have a better flow. Museum was not air conditioned but did have many fans and open windows to keep air circulating and relatively tolerable and cool. Cost of admission was 30K dongs or less than $1.50 USD. They do close for lunch from 12-1:30PM. Worth an hour or two to learn about the history of Vietnam and its people.

Great museum with many and varied artifacts. Gives a real flavour of early Vietnamese history. Not too big so easy to absorb and understand, but it does get very warm. Well worth a visit but ideally earlier in the day for comfort.

The museum is small but packed with many great pieces. If you want to learn about Vietnam’s history this museum is a very good starting point. Pay special attention to the Champa and Buddhist statues.

This is a small museum that covers a lot of history. In an hour to 90 minutes of wondering around you can get a very good introduction to Vietnamese History from the stone age onwards I loved all the statues of the Buddha. I was also particularly impressed by their collection of statues from the Kingdom of Chămpa.* If you have time, do a second lap, it is all on one floor with a very few stairs. I went around twice spending more time on the areas that were of particular interest to me. The place gets many buses of tourists. So arrive early to miss them. Or take your time, they don’t tend to hang around long. There was also a school excursion while I was there, again they went through quickly. Seriously you should come here without a group and take your time to get the most out of it. You will be rewarded and enjoy it more. *As a side note: If like me, you are interested in the Chămpa, there is an absolutely fabulous museum devoted just to their sculpture in Da Nang, many amazing statues and stone engravings, it is a must visit: The Museum of Cham Sculpture (Bảo tàng Điêu khắc Chăm).

The museum is located in a very beautiful historical building next to the Botanical Garden Park. It is one of the largest museums in the city. It features a large collection of cultural and ethnological artifacts illustrating events in the country's history. Information and stands in Vietnamese and English. You can't really call it modern. Visual maps or movies are scarce. Only interesting exhibits, many dioramas of figurines and historical objects. Some of the exhibits of the Vietnamese History Museum are replicas; this is indicated on the plates below the artifacts. The Temple of King Hung, built in 1864, when the museum was not here, is located on the grounds of the museum. People come to him to worship the Hung dynasty. The museum was designed by the French architect Auguste Delaval and opened at the same time as the restored nearby Hung King Temple on 1 January 1929.