WAR REMNANTS MUSEUM

Opening Hours: Daily from 7:30 AM lớn 4:30 PM (including Tet and other holidays)Last admission: 4:00 PMLocation: 28 Vo Van Tan, District 3, Ho bỏ ra Minh CityEntrance fee: VND 40,000/adult and VND 20,000/child from 6-15 years oldVisiting time: About an hour.

History

The outdoor display at the museum.

Operated by the Vietnamese government, an earlier version of this museum opened on September 4, 1975, as the Exhibition House for US và Republic of Vietnam. It was located in the former United States Information Agency building. The exhibition was not the first of its kind for the North Vietnamese side, but rather followed a tradition of such exhibitions exposing war crimes, first those of the French domination time và then those of the Americans domination time since 1954.

In 1990, the name was changed khổng lồ Exhibition House for Crimes of War & Invasion. In 1995, following the normalization of diplomatic relations with the United States và end of the US embargo a year before. The building was renamed the War Remnants Museum. Between 2002 and 2010 the Museum was renovated and modernized. The construction was completed on April 30, 2010. It is now expanding its exhibitions to lớn cover the French and Japanese colonization & post-war periods.

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Exhibits

The photographic display at the museum.

The museum comprises a series of themed rooms in several buildings, with period military equipment placed within a walled yard.The military equipment includes a UH-1 “Huey” helicopter, an F-5A fighter, a BLU-82 “Daisy Cutter” bomb, M48 Patton tank, an A-1 Skyraider attack bomber, và an A-37 Dragonfly attack bomber. There are a number of pieces of unexploded ordnance stored in the corner of the yard, with their charges and/or fuses removed.

One building reproduces the “tiger cages” in which the South Vietnamese government detained political prisoners. Other exhibits include graphic photography, accompanied by a short text in English, Vietnamese and Japanese, covering the effects of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliant sprays, the use of napalm & phosphorus bombs, và war atrocities such as the My Lai massacre. The photographic display includes work by Vietnam War photojournalist Bunyo Ishikawa that he donated lớn the museum in 1998. Curiosities include a guillotine used by the French and Republic of South Vietnam government khổng lồ execute prisoners, the last time being in 1960, and three jars of preserved human fetuses deformed by exposure to lớn dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, contained in the defoliant Agent Orange.

Rules & Regulation

The War Remnants Museum has been one of the key sites in the day trip around Ho bỏ ra Minh City. Just northwest of the Independence Palace, it is easy to lớn reach this museum by taxi, motorbike, & of course, the most comfortable service is with private car and experienced guide to lớn deliver you the deeper understanding. As it is part of history in the view of local Vietnamese, whatever you decide to visit or skip it from your tour program, our Vietnam Travel team can flexibly adjust to meet your need best. Just contact and let us know your travel interest.