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Feb 9, 2023
By Mia
Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, is the intersection of not only economic, politics but also the cultures and recording the imprint of Vietnam’s history. Hanoi is also the home to a variety of museums, covering prehistory and literature and art, which are worth visiting. Let's investigate which are the top 5 best museums to visit in Hanoi.
Hoa Lo Prison or “Hell on Earth”, “School for Patriots” is a famous destination for travellers who are interested in history, especially the Vietnam - France and America war.
Being built by the French since Vietnam was still a colony of French Indochina, Hoa Lo prison was used for political prisoners during the colonial period and the Vietnam war, respectively. Most of the prison had been razed to the ground, but a small space became the museum.
Recently, the prison offers a new type of experience - the night special tour, which allows customers to travel back in time and see Hoa Lo in the purest form in 80 minutes. Some travelers share that these night tours feel emotions that daytime tours cannot compare. This new tour type makes Hoa Lo prison become one of the best museums to visit in Hanoi.
Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi
Address: No. 1, Hoa Lo Street, Tran Hung Dao Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
Opening time: every day, 8:00 – 17:00 (including festivals and holidays); the special night available from 7 pm on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Price: 30,000VND/person = $1.40; the special night: 299,000VND/ person = $13
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is regarded as the most useful and interesting museum and one of the best museums to visit in Hanoi. To preserve cultural history and encourage sociocultural variety throughout the nation, it provides tourists with information about 54 of Vietnam's ethnic groups.
Inside are representations of pictures, audiotapes, antiquities, and commonplace items like baskets and knives that provide information on the traditions and ceremonies of each tribe, while open-air spaces are models of actual Vietnamese houses from various regions.
Address: Nguyen Van Huyen road, Cau Giay district, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi
Opening time: Every day except for Mondays, 8:30-17:30
Price: 40,000VND/ person= $1.80
One of the country's most significant centers of culture and learning is the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum. The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, housed in a lovely French colonial structure once used by the French Ministry of Information, is a veritable gold mine of traditional, religious, modern, and contemporary Vietnamese art.
The purpose of the museum is to conserve, display, and enlighten, building on a strong dedication to exploration, conservation, and the dissemination of everything that is known and appreciated about the ongoing creative legacy of the Vietnamese people. A significant percentage of the paintings in its collection, which spans prehistory to the present, show the Vietnamese resistance to the French and Americans. Having been damaged during the war, the majority of the paintings are reproductions that show abstract impressionist elements.
Address: 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Opening time: Every day except for Mondays, 8:30-17:00
Price: 40,000VND/ person= $1.80
Established in 1987, the Vietnamese Women’s Museum is run by the Vietnam Women’s Union, which is recognized as one of the country’s most powerful movements and is one of the best museums to visit in Hanoi.
In all of their positions, including those of moms, street vendors, military heroes, and corporate leaders, the museum acknowledges and celebrates women. Each position is explained in detail. The permanent exhibition has more than a thousand books, photographs, and artifacts highlighting the historical and modern contributions Vietnamese women have made to the arts and to family life.
The Vietnamese Women's Museum also offers conferences, workshops, traveling exhibits, and public education lectures in addition to regular displays.
Address: 36 Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Opening time: Every day, 8:30-17:00
Price: 40,000VND/ person= $1.80
Located in Ho Chi Minh Complex and near Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum is an elaborate description of Ho Chi Minh’s life.
The museum houses an assortment of artifacts, dollhouse miniatures, and presents from across the world. Numerous of Ho Chi Minh's personal belongings, including his clothes, sandals, and spectacles, are on display at the museum. In essence, his whole life is covered there, from his early years until his political awakening, up to his death in 1969.
Visitors to the Ho Chi Minh Museum can arrange guided tours in addition to English- and French-language interpretations of the photographs. This museum can be combined in Ho Chi Minh Complex one-day trip, including Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, One-pillar Pagoda, Ba Dinh square and the War Memorial.
Address: 19, Ngoc Ha Street, Doi Can Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
Opening time: Every day except Monday & Friday.
Morning: 8:00 – 12:00
Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:30
Price: 10,000VND/ person = $0.4
Travelers visiting Hanoi, Vietnam may travel in, around, and out of the city utilizing a number of forms of transportation, each better suited to a certain timetable or price. These are some popular means of transport visitors could consider using to visit the best museums in Hanoi.
Taxi is one of the most prevalent and familiar transportation for tourists in Hanoi. Travelers can easily hail a taxi on the street, or request one directly from their hotels, no matter if it is a traditional or technological taxi.
Some reliable taxi groups customers can choose from are G7 taxi, Mai Linh Taxi, … An alternative is to use the Grab taxi app. Since Hanoi sometimes has extreme traffic, a taxi is not a good choice for short journeys, compared to a motorbike taxi. However, it is far more comfortable for longer trips.
Motorbike is a quick and convenient way to get around Hanoi if customers want to travel between multiple locations, or between the best museums in Hanoi. There are many places to rent motorbikes at affordable prices.
Tourists are advised to bring a driver's license before riding a motorbike on Hanoi’s road, if not, you can book a motorbike taxi on the Taxi app, such as Grab, Gojek, or Be. Riding a motorbike is not easy on Hanoi streets because the rules do not always appear along the streets. If you want to go far, take a bus or car travel if possible for a safer and more comfortable ride.
Travelers can travel by bus to almost everywhere in the city. These local buses cover regular routes within Hanoi, which stop nearby and in front of some tourist attractions, or some best museums such as Hoa Lo prison, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Vietnam National Fine Arts, Vietnamese Women’s Museum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, …
Depending on the destinations, the standard ticket is priced between 7,000 VND to 10,000 VND, which is much cheaper compared to other types of travel for travel and sightseeing. However, the time for waiting and traveling by bus in the crowded time zone is long. With the wide range of other ready travel ways, tourists can take a car, or taxi or book a packaged tour instead.
The above information provides a great glimpse of the best museums in Hanoi. If you wish to visit these museums, along with other popular attractions, please feel free to book our packaged tours, such as the Full Day Hanoi Sightseeing Tour or some other Vietnam tours.
