The Museum of Ethnology is situated in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi offers an insight into the 54 different ethnic groups of Vietnam.

The Ethnology Museum has successfully recreated the daily life together with the religious rituals and the symbolic festivals of each ethnic group in Vietnam.

The Ethnology Museum is packed full of information detailing traditional Vietnamese ways of life.

The main functions of the museum: Scientific research on the people of Vietnam, collection, classification, evaluation, preservation, restoration, display...

Water Puppet Show

The Ethnology Museum has over 15,000 artefacts including photographs and other multi-media such as audiotapes.

The Ethnology Museum is considered as the finest modern museum in Vietnam as well asa tourist attraction in Hanoi. Annual number of tourists is always tens of thousands of people.

Ethnology Museum overview

Ethnology Museum or The Museum of Ethnology, also known as the Ethnic Museum, is widely and an extensive display of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority peoples.

The museum displays an insight into 54 different ethnic groups of Vietnamese. There are many real models of its own ethnic groups, for example, there are big, long, and tall houses for H’Mong people, Tay people, and Dao people. These houses are designed and done exactly the same as the houses of the ethnic locals. So, you could even enter, sit and relax in these models’ houses on your trip here.

The Ethnic Museum is located in the center of Hanoi, and it is one of the most worthwhile museums. So, you should not miss this site in your itinerary because it is suitable for both adults and children. It is also one of the most popular sites that you should not miss on your trip to Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital.

Attractions and activities at the Museum of Ethnology

The Ethnology Museum is also one of the places where many different activities for important Vietnamese festivals such as the mid-autumn festival – August 15th (lunar), International Children’s Day – June 1st, and Christmas Day are organized.

Arriving here during the festivals, tourists will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of fun and traditional Vietnamese activities as well as ethnic games such as Nem Con (throwing a small ball from this person to the other person in the different two teams), jumping rope, roping the flag…..all of these traditional games can be played by adults and children.

Every weekend, the Ethnology Museum offers a free Water Puppet Show for tourists to see. This water puppet show is organized in a small pond and is very fun and interesting for both children and adults. Ethnology Museum is very large, so there are many big trees and cool places for tourists to sit to relax anytime, or sometimes there are many tourists who prefer to sit in the houses to feel about the removal areas of Vietnam even if they do not have a chance to go to these mountainous and removed areas once you arrive here, and Ethnology Museum is not any other museum like that.

The Ethnic Museum travel guide

The ticket to enter the Ethnology Museum is about 40-60.000 VND (depending). Inside the museum is a very famous restaurant Hoa Sua Restaurant, which is very convenient for tourists who do not want to go out to find somewhere to try the local food of Vietnamese because this restaurant offers almost full enough special Vietnamese food as well as a variety of drinks and ice-creams for you to try.

In front of the Ethnology Museum is a park where you can take your children, so if your family has children who enjoy exploring, the Ethnology Museum is ideal. It is very easy and convenient for you to visit Ethnology Museum directly by yourself during your stay in Hanoi, as you can ride a bike, cyclo or motorbike (xe om), or taxi to get there, and it is also very close to any hotel in Hanoi, so you should not miss visiting Ethnology Museum once you travel Hanoi and sights must-see in northern Vietnam.

How to travel to Ethnic Museum?

Ethnology Museum is located in the heart of Hanoi, making it easy for tourists to visit at any time or even on the way from the airport to your hotel (before check-in). This museum is also a stop on the Hanoi City Tour. If you are traveling with children, this exciting location is ideal for them.

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