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The Vietnamese Women's Museum is one of the popular museums to visit in Ha Noi. If you are looking for a trip to learn more about Vietnamese women, let's have a try!
The museum exhibits about women and their contributions to the history, culture and society of Vietnam. The museum was established in 1987 under the management of Vietnam Women’s Union. When coming to the museum, you will have a chance to learn about the achievement, the hardwork and the resilience of Vietnamese women. Vietnamese women live in different periods of history. Thereby, you will have the opportunity to know more about Vietnam history as well.
The museum is located on Ly Thuong Kiet street and has become one of the most important cultural sites in Ha Noi. The museum was founded by the Vietnam Women’s and Children’s Union in 1963. Until 1995, the museum was officially opened. This presents the respect and recognition of Vietnam toward women and their activity for the construction of the country. It is also created to support women, hoping them a positive attitude and confidence.
The museum is not just a place to visit but also has many other meanings such as cultural tourism, heritage sites and academic research. The visitor will be impressed by the conception of the exhibitions about Vietnamese women along with historical events. Besides, it also shows the art and story about them. Vietnamese women were typical fighting, brave women who struggled for their rights and freedom of their country. They are also described by the president Ho Chi Minh in personality areas.
Opening time(Monday - Sunday): 8am - 5pm
Ticket price:
Adults: 40,000 VND
Children: 10,000 VND
Students: 20,000 VND
Souvenir shop is located on the first floor of the Vietnam Women's Museum. You can find many items such as postcards, bookmarks and some newspapers or magazines about women. Here, the visitor can buy souvenirs or gifts for friends after leaving the museum. Items available really are very easy to buy. Among intended selection of goods manufactured by economic empowerment organizations for women from ethnic minorities.
Visitors can stop when they visit, and the restaurant located on the museum grounds can provide some coffee to take a rest. This is a nice place with cool air, quiet, green space with many drinks and snacks, also offering free wifi, lockers, WC for the disabled, wheelchairs for visitors,...
In Vietnam, Confucianism is deeply injected into society, so Vietnamese women had a harsh time in the past. Women do not have many chances to go out and take part in social activity, men are always a priority for that. Therefore, women are expected to be responsible for housework, raising children, and taking good care of elders. This housework has partly restrained the power as well as ability of women.
To show up about Vietnamese women in a family context, the museum displays photographs, artifacts. Vietnam has 54 ethnic groups, so each group has a different endowment of family traditions. The museum also shows us about various marriage, birth and child rearing practices of these ethnic groups. Generally, in the ancestor’s worship, Mother and Grandmother often plays centrality for presiding.
Vietnam experienced a long time of war and historical change. To get the freedom, people including the women have to fight and protect the nation. Vietnamese women proved their strength through many outstanding wars. There are many women heroes of Vietnam has been recorded in historical documents such as Trung Trac, Trung Nhi, Mrs.Trieu. In contemporary society, during the war to fight colonial French and America, Vo Thi Sau, Mother Thu, Nguyen Thi Dinh are the unforgettable names of Vietnam.
There is a famous saying in Vietnamese "When the enemy comes, even women fight". Vietnamese women are thoughtful in family and courageous in war. They are not inferior in comparison to men, they even braver. When coming to the museum, you can see a lot of memorabilia of women hero in war. We may be emotional and sympathize with them, respect them for fighting to ask for for liberty and freedom. They sacrifice their life and leave for us their belongings – worn and bright uniforms, letters, and photographs.
One important aspect of Vietnamese women is fashion. There is an exhibition in the museum to visit displaying women's costumes of different ethnic groups. 54 ethnic groups have various beautiful and unique cultures. Vietnamese women take an important role in creating cultural behaviors and dressing codes. The costumes are organized, beautiful and have sophisticated patterns.
Although the manufacturing of these clothes are manual, women still make a lot of great fashion products. Each stitch of the costume presents the dexterity of women. There are some ethnic groups that have beautiful costumes such as Dao, H'mong, Thai,... Vietnamese women nowadays have a combination between tradition and modernity. They enhance the style to be more flexible and to be suitable for daily life.
When visiting the museum, you will see the meaning of it when bringing an exhibition about women. It always expresses the targeting of gender equality and the rights of women. The museum often organizes events related to raising the awareness on issues that Vietnamese women are facing. Among them, education and violence are the most outstanding topics.
The museum has several activities to present about these topics through workshops, education and training sessions. Moreover, the topic and scope are opened with wider issues like climate change, migration. Through these, the museum shows us overviews and many solutions to deal with. Thereby, the women can be understood and have necessary changes for its improvements.
The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is not only a place that shows accomplishments of women. Nowadays, it provides us with a cultural value that makes a significant contribution to the Social cultural history heritage of Vietnam. Because most of the items on exhibition are precious and unique records about art and history. The museum still continues to develop and research about women and ethnic groups. By these artifacts, the museum can preserve the memories of women in the past so that the future generation may emulate them.
Above is information about the Vietnamese Women’s Museum. This is not a museum with historical and cultural value but also tourism site for the visitor. If you have chance to go to Ha Noi, let's come to Vietnamese Women’s Museum to have an overview about Vietnamese women. You will can not take off your eyes of the rustic and true image about them. This is a tribute to Vietnamese women and preserve the history of fighting spirit. Hope you will have a meaningful trip!
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