For those who are passionate about Vietnamese history and like to learn about the ancient culture of the people of the South, do not miss a visit to the Can Tho city museum.
Visiting the Can Tho city museum, visitors will relive the ancient cultural period when it displays many artifacts about Oc Eo culture, the culture of the 3 ethnic groups of Hoa, Kinh, and Khmer in the area during the period. period of national construction and defense, along with the process of fighting against foreign invaders as well as economic achievements, building security and defense of Tay Do society from the past up to now.
Modern style museum architecture
About the Can Tho city museum
Where is Can Tho Museum?
The museum in Can Tho is located at No. 1, Hoa Binh Avenue – Tan An Ward – Ninh Kieu District – City. Can Tho. Established in 1967 with the original name of Vietnam – America cultural center. After many changes to 1992, the museum was renamed Can Tho Museum . It can be said that this is one of the largest museums in the Mekong Delta when the whole project is built on an area of nearly 3,000 square meters. In general, the museum is a 2-storey building with modern architecture. Each floor is divided into a separate exhibition area with different meanings.
Currently, the museum holds more than 1000 exhibited artifacts, antiques, and heritage. And this is also a famous address for those who have the opportunity to travel to Can Tho and like to learn the history and culture of the western human land.
The museum has 2 floors with clear display divisions
How to get to the museum
To move to the museum, visitors depart from Ninh Kieu wharf, follow Hai Ba Trung street and then turn left to Ngo Quyen. Then, you will move to the intersection from right turn to Ly Thuong Kiet and when you reach Tran Quoc Toan, continue to turn left and go straight. Can Tho Museum is open every day of the week with the following times and schedules:
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Morning: from 8:00 am – 11:00 pm; Afternoon: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday and Sunday and public holidays, New Year: Morning: from 8:00 am – 11:00 pm; Afternoon: 18:30 – 21:00
Children delegation to visit the museum
Spend a full day exploring the Can Tho city museum
The first floor, also known as the ground floor, is the general display area about the natural and social features of Can Tho ancient and this, introducing the location, soil, river climate, landscape, flora, fauna, and literature. 3 ethnic groups Kinh – Khmer – Chinese, brain culture, photo exhibition Can Tho past and present.
Can Tho weather – climate – people display area
Oc Eo culture display area
Can Tho City Museum is one of the important addresses in preserving and preserving the value of Oc Eo culture. With many valuable documents and artifacts that have been displayed and stored in the museum area for visitors to come here to visit and better understand this special culture. Oc Eo culture is an ancient culture that existed for a long time in the first century to the seventh century AD. This is also a long-standing culture studied by many people.
Accordingly, archaeologists in our country have discovered hundreds of sites related to the Oc Eo culture in the Southern region. One of the archaeological relics that attracts many people is Oc Eo cultural relic in Nhon Thanh hamlet – Nhon Nghia – Phong Dien – Can Tho. The presence of Oc Eo culture in the Can Tho museum has been recognized by archeologists. Coming here to see these artifacts with your own eyes, you will surely gain unique knowledge and better understanding of Oc Eo culture.
Oc Eo cultural display area
Display area of 3 ethnic groups: Kinh – Chinese – Khmer
In the display area of 3 ethnic groups Kinh – Hoa – Khmer mainly reconstruct artifacts related to life, culture, activities as well as beliefs of 3 ethnic groups in Can Tho. The decorative objects are quite diverse and plentiful.
In the area displaying artifacts of the ancient Kinh people, the most prominent is Binh Thuy communal house worshiping Thanh Hoang landscape, costumes, wedding customs, 3-room model, ancient agricultural tools, copper. old money … pretty eye-catching.
Wedding attire of the Kinh people
Next to the cultural display area of the Chinese people are mainly items or items of living close to life such as: musical instruments, pharmacies, old houses, traditional costumes … look very attractive. .
The pharmacy is vividly recreated
And finally, the display space of the Khmer is decorated quite richly, ranging from: traditional games, ethnic musical instruments, beliefs, family … these artifacts are extremely fertile. The activities at the exhibition area make it easy for visitors to visit to imagine the life and previous activities of the Khmer. Most especially, in this area, music is also played with typical music of the Khmer people.
The festival welcomes the full moon of the Khmer
Visit the gallery on the 2nd floor
On the second floor of the Can Tho museum, artifacts against foreign invaders of Can Tho – Hau Giang people were recreated during the war against the French and against the US such as weapons, war victories Vietnam. Here, visitors will be able to admire the weapons, aircraft fragments, models of the torture of the communists, brutally and mercilessly tortured by the colonial empire. Seeing these artifacts, visitors will surely understand more about the arduous and fierce competition of the Can Tho people in the past years.
Artifacts against foreign invaders from America – France
Visiting the Can Tho city museum, in addition to discovering and understanding the history of fighting foreign invaders of Can Tho people, you can also discover extremely interesting and vivid artifacts such as insects, flowers. grass, butterflies … are pressed in amber stone according to the unique method. This will definitely be an interesting and engaging experience when you visit this place.
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