Alexandre Yersin Museum
Alexandre Yersin Museum
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Oscardog16
Adelaide, Australia2,235 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
A small but interesting museum. Most exhibits have text in English. Dr Alexandre Yersin appears to have been somewhat of a genius. He brought much to Vietnam, and you can see why they made him an honorary citizen. The way finding arrows could be improved so you view the exhibits in the correct order. As you walk in the door on the first floor the first exhibit is the chronology, it is directly in front of you on the internal wall. You move in an anti-clockwise direction around the internal wall exhibit. When you get back to the entry door you start on the exhibits on the external wall and move in anti-clockwise direction. You end up reading his will on the right hand side of the entry/exit door. It took us 1 hour to view the museum. It was 20, 000 VND per adult, well spent.
Written March 5, 2024
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Discover417662
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Apr 2021
If you are a history buff and would like to learn about a genius of a man and his life then do come here and spend some time. Yersin was an amazing person who changed the world to become a better place to live. Because it is COVID time the tourists are scant but if you are here in Nha Trang and are wondering what to do, visit the museum. It is well displayed and the staff (lady) is very informative and was a pleasure to speak with.
Written April 8, 2021
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Кирилл С
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Oct 2024 • Solo
I usually don't like the museums.
Nut here I spent almost an hour alone there.
The museum is small. Just one big room with several sections.
But the story of Yersin was so fascinating for me I didn't even notice how an hour passed.
Nut here I spent almost an hour alone there.
The museum is small. Just one big room with several sections.
But the story of Yersin was so fascinating for me I didn't even notice how an hour passed.
Written October 23, 2024
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Gert-Jan A
Roeselare, Belgium9 contributions
Jul 2014 • Couples
Entrance fee (40.000 VND pp?). Simple museum, technically not very advanced, but you got a lot of informative panels with information in French and English telling about Dr. Yersin's life as he was born, went to Paris where he worked in the Institute Pasteur, the way he arrived in Nha Trang as he worked on a ship travelling between Ho Chi Minh City, Manilla, Nha Trang and Hai Phong, and eventually how he settled in Nha Trang (the place he fell in love with), where he raised an Institute Pasteur and where he did his discoveries of the plague bacille. Nice lettres to read, e.g. to his mother where he wrote he liked her biscuits a lot, and he had thousands of things to tell her, but he had no time because two corpses (died by plague) were waiting for autopsy. ("Mother, don't forget to wash your hands with soap after reading this letter"). Also exposed were some classical scientifc instruments he took on his expiditions, e.g. to measure light intensity, ampères, ... There is a little video about his life on a small tv-screen
Written July 30, 2014
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onitada
Wellington, New Zealand308 contributions
Aug 2016 • Solo
What I learn't about this place was the history of the bubonic plague and one mans life that revolved around trying too cure this curse. Well, Nha Trang is a holiday beach resort so it is kind of a left field activity for this place.
There were a lot of parent- children combinations visiting while I was there.
There were a lot of parent- children combinations visiting while I was there.
Written September 8, 2016
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Robert B
Huddersfield, United Kingdom66 contributions
Mar 2016 • Couples
This was a really interesting place to visit and is fairly easy to find. The entrance is on the main coast road at the northern end of Nha Trang and do not forget to pay the lady at the entrance but I don't think that you will get past her on the way in! The museum itself is on the upper floor of one of the old colonial buildings and has the bonus of being air conditioned. Although the museum itself is fairly small it does contain some very useful information and we both found it to be very informative and we were glad that we visited it. There is some useful information in the exhibits and we enjoyed looking at the photographs of old Nha Trang/Vietnam and discovering more about the life of Alexandre Yersin. I must show my ignorance prior to visiting the museum having never heard of Alexandre Yersin but I left with great admiration for him and what he achieved during his lifetime. Although the museum is small the entrance fee is small and I think that it should be considered for a visit and hopefully you would not be disappointed.
Written March 23, 2016
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Fyti
George Town, Malaysia233 contributions
Mar 2015 • Couples
Alexandre Yersim Museum, Na Trang, Vietnam
Although this museum is easily found on the beach front road, it seemed neglected by visitors even though the entry fee is only Dong 26,000 orUS$1 . The displays are static in nature but the explanation of the exhibits is more often than not in English, French and Vietnamese.Can be viewed in under 1 hour but an informative experience and well worth the time spent
Dr. Yersim, a European immunologist, arrived in Na Trang in 1891 to study infected animals and proceeded to spend the rest of his life in Na Trang until his death in 1943.
He never married and devoted most of his life to scientific discoveries and appeared to have a remarkable intellect.
Although this museum is easily found on the beach front road, it seemed neglected by visitors even though the entry fee is only Dong 26,000 orUS$1 . The displays are static in nature but the explanation of the exhibits is more often than not in English, French and Vietnamese.Can be viewed in under 1 hour but an informative experience and well worth the time spent
Dr. Yersim, a European immunologist, arrived in Na Trang in 1891 to study infected animals and proceeded to spend the rest of his life in Na Trang until his death in 1943.
He never married and devoted most of his life to scientific discoveries and appeared to have a remarkable intellect.
Written March 21, 2015
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Roy f
Newark-on-Trent, UK215 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
How can anybody fulfill so many different roles that required immense knowledge whilst facing dangerous situations a lot of the time? If you want to know the answer visit Yersin's museum and marvel at the ability of the man and his achievements in producing vaccines to combat plaques and to have established institutions that continue his work. A small museum but well worth a visit with a small entrance fee of 20000 dongs.
Written February 25, 2020
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TomTalksTooMuch
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Aug 2019 • Solo
This is an excellent museum. I spent an hour going around reading every snippet of info (available in vietnamese, english and french) and I left keen to discover more. Very well curated 1 room exhibit about a very, very interesting man. I highly recommend.
Only downside is I would have liked to see some books for sale in the gift shop.
Only downside is I would have liked to see some books for sale in the gift shop.
Written August 9, 2019
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Ha Mai
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam249 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
The museum locates inside the Paster institute. It's quite old & small. There's a lot of documents, books of/about Dr. Yersin. If you are not interested in him, it takes about 10-15 mins there. The entrance ticket is VND20K/person.
Written July 3, 2019
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Hello, I would like to know what days and times the museum is open to visitors. Will it be open on December 24th? Thank you
Written October 4, 2019
It closed on Saturday and Sunday,if Christmas Eve is Saturday or Sunday,then it will be closed.but Christmas is not Vietnam Public Holiday,i think Eve of Christmas may stll opened,but 25 Dec is hard to say,hope this helps!
Written October 5, 2019
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