Not as famous as the Buon Ma Thuot coffee museum, but the unique cultural values that the Dak Lak museum offers still has a strange attraction to visitors.
Introduction to Dak Lak museum
Located at 12 Le Duan Street, Tan Tien Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City, the museum of ethnic cultures with many unique cultural values has been and is an important historical relic of Dak Lak province. .
The beauty of Dak Lak museum (Photo @smilyhoa)
Initially, in 1926, envoy Paul Giran of France built this building to be the embassy. In 1947, when King Bao Dai returned home and rested here, it was renamed Bao Dai Palace.
From 1955 to 1975 it became the site of important events in the resistance wars against French colonialism and the American Empire. And in 1976, it was redesigned into a museum of Vietnamese ethnic cultures in Dak Lak .
After more than 30 years of operation, in 2008, the museum was invested in new construction by Dak Lak province and inaugurated for the second time in 2011.
Modern space at the museum (Photo @ ntn8an)
In particular, this work is not only the product of international cooperation between the French Republic and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology , but also the first museum in Vietnam to use four languages in the exhibition, namely Vietnamese. , France, England and Ede, so it always attracts a lot of tourists to visit each year.
The interesting points of Dak Lak museum make visitors fascinated
1. Unique architecture
Dak Lak Museum is designed according to the traditional long-house architecture of the Ede ethnic group in the Central Highlands, using modern materials such as concrete, glass and alloy, and contrasting colors. such as white, black, brown … making the space both luxurious and classic, attracting people even when standing from afar.
The museum’s both modern and traditional architecture (Photo @giang_titi)
In addition, the work is built with a length of 130m, width of 65m on a land of 9,200 m2 and open space type, so it will give you the most comfortable feeling while walking or walking. transfer around the museum.
Moreover, the museum is embraced by grass and lots of green trees, so there is no feeling of “lost tone” but very in harmony with the vast forest and mountainous space in the Central Highlands.
Open space at the museum (Photo @ nganthai1410)
Therefore, there is no need to step inside, just wandering outside, you will be able to “grab” a myriad of excellent and quality shooting angles.
A divine virtual living corner at the museum (Photo @ citrine.pt)
2. Diverse precious artifacts
Accumulated since 1977 up to now, so the number of artifacts collected by the Museum of ethnic groups in Dak Lak has reached more than 10,000 products, including over 1,000 of the most unique and valuable items, Through rigorous selection and examination, which are regularly displayed in the museum space and divided into three main areas: Biodiversity, Ethnic Culture and History.
Biodiversity area
With an area of about 350 m2, including more than 200 artifacts and attractive images, the biodiversity area at the center of Dak Lak museum helps us get lost in a small part of the majestic mountains and forests of the Central Highlands, with The ecosystem is extremely diverse and rich.
Typical examples are: forest types (yew, old wood, hybrid, cam car, flat pine, five-leaf pine …), folk medicine, industrial plants (coffee – black gold, tall su – white gold, pepper …), soil (basalt red soil, clay, gray soil …), rare animals listed on the red list (leopards, weasel, gaur, bear dog, deer, gray cow …) and beautiful landscapes (Lak lake, Cu Mil lake, Dray Nur waterfall, …).
Vibrant biodiversity area (Photo @ i.mthuys)
Not stopping there, when visiting Dak Lak Cultural Museum , visitors also witness exquisite handicrafts crafted from natural products of the forest and Central Highlands specialties. attractive, to buy as souvenirs.
Ethnic cultural area
Going from the middle area to the left of the Dak Lak museum , visitors will feel like stepping from the vast forests to the close, rustic cultural space of the peoples on the S-shaped strip of land, typically of people. Ede, Giarai and Mnong …
Photos of ethnic communities (Photo @ iam.bjen)
And in the space of 700 m2 with more than 450 objects such as: agricultural basket, canoe, basket, hybrid, bench, fire stove, jewelry, traditional costumes, brocade, gong, wine jars, stones, gongs, tomb statues or sophisticated handicraft products … visitors will have the clearest view of daily life as well as unique cultural features of indigenous people.
Familiar objects in people’s lives (Photo @lalamamacute)
The museum even divides specific topics into each space and provides both large and small articles, footnotes, images or movies, so that the best information can be communicated to the public. there they are.
Historical area
Located in the right area of the museum of ethnic culture in Dak Lak , the historical space with an area of 700 m2, including more than 400 artifacts and photos, documents, short films, … let us see. the glorious historical flow of Dak Lak from the Stone Age to the present.
Typical examples are fossil snails, Dong Son bronze drums, gongs, ancient dishes in prehistoric times, money and exile in Buon Ma Thuot during the 1930-1945 campaign, guns and revolutionary beds in the 1945 – 1975 campaign. , after the opening battle of Ho Chi Minh campaign, or typewriter, telephone, chainsaw, seals of commanders and border markers between Vietnam and Cambodia from 1975 to present, and same revolution …
Objects from ancient times (Photo @myha_ng)
Objects of war (Photo @__. Xiii)
There are even true films about the bloody campaigns in the resistance war for national liberation, making us, who are living in peacetime, sob and be thankful.
3. There is investment to detail
Although it was built quite early, the museum in Dak Lak is still exhibiting the most modern and advanced methods, with a diverse, accurate and vivid information transmission system.
Moreover, it not only uses annotations in 3 languages: Vietnamese, French and English to meet the needs of all domestic and foreign tourists, but also pioneers in using Ede language – language. ethnic minority languages so that they can easily receive information, thereby, expressing their care and respect for the ethnic people.
There are 4 different languages (Photo @trangpxp)
In addition, the exhibition space in the Dak Lak museum also reserves a large part of the area to warn about the serious deterioration of the environment due to human impacts and education, calling on everyone to join hands. protection of biodiversity. This is quite an impressive point that not all museums have.
Tourist education space (Photo ng.khanhhhh)
The most special is the 100% reproduction of the original images, not only showing respect for original artifacts, respect for their creators, but also being able to easily promote the image of Vietnam. Gender with international friends.
Some information at the Dak Lak museum
Opening hours : 8:00 to 21:00 from Tuesday to Sunday (all holidays, New Year).
Admission fee : 20,000 VND for children and 30,000 VND for adults.
Parking ticket : 5,000 VND / car.
It can be said that with the introduction of meaningful and unique historical and cultural values, Dak Lak Museum deserves to be a tourist destination that you must definitely visit once during your trip to the Central Highlands. It’s sunny and windy.
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