Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam | |
 Entrance to the Museum's "Bronze Drum" building | |
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| Established | 12 November 1997 |
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| Location | Nguyễn Văn Huyên Road, Cầu Giấy District, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 21°02′26″N 105°47′55″E / 21.0406°N 105.7987°E |
| Collection size | 30,000 objects[1] |
| Visitors | 500,000 annually [1] |
| Director | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Nhật Quang [2] |
| Website | vme.org.vn |
| Area | 2,000 m2 (21,500 sq ft) (permanent exhibition)[1] |
| 20,000 m2 (215,300 sq ft) (open-air exhibition)[1] | |
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam) is a museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, which focuses on the 54 officially recognised ethnic groups in Vietnam. It is located on a 43,799-square-metre (10.823-acre) property [1] in the Cầu Giấy District, about 8 km from the city center. The Museum is a member of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences - an academic institution of the Vietnamese Government.
A second exhibition building was open in 2013 and has a focus on Southeast Asian cultures and peoples.[3]
History[]
The proposal for the museum was officially approved on 14 December 1987. Construction lasted from 1987 to 1995, and it was opened to the public on 12 November 1997.[4] The budget for construction of the museum was US$1.9 million, with an additional US$285,000 allocated for acquisition of artifacts.[4]
The exhibition building was designed by the architect Ha Duc Linh, a member of the Tày ethnic group, in the shape of a Đông Sơn drum, and the interior architecture was designed by the French architect .[4]
The second exhibition building focusing on Southeast Asian ethnology was designed in a kite shape and was open in 2013.[3]
Literature[]
- Lenzi, Iola (2004). Museums of Southeast Asia. Singapore: Archipelago Press. p. 200. ISBN 981-4068-96-9.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Museum and Community". Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "The VME Director to be Reappointed". Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b VME Museum History
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Vietnam Museum of Ethnology: History".
External links[]
Media related to Vietnam Museum of Ethnology at Wikimedia Commons
- Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - official site
- Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - An introduction of the Vietnamese Museum of Ethnology.
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