Introduce about Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is one of the museums with the most important position in preserving and displaying Vietnam’s cultural and artistic heritage treasures. With ancient French architecture and large display space, the museum is a place to store unique works of art, reflecting the diversity and richness of Vietnamese fine arts through the ages. Let’s explore all about the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum with Smile Travel in this article.

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1. General introduction to the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts

Located at 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum leaves an impression on visitors when it owns a massive collection of thousands of art artifacts and sculptures, paintings, ceramics,… by Vietnamese artists.

The museum has opening hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will be open every day of the week, from Monday to Sunday. Therefore, you can visit the museum on any day and within the time frame we mentioned above.

Established in 1966, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum Hanoi has a noble mission, which is to research, collect, display, restore and communicate documents, artifacts as well as fine works of art. 

Previously, during the French colonial period, this museum was built with the sole purpose of being a place to stay for the daughters of French officials in Indochina who were studying in Hanoi.

Until 1962, this place was handed over to the Ministry of Culture and renovated, turning this place into a place to store and display works of art through the ages.

You will lose your ticket to visit the museum. Below are the latest Vietnam Fine Arts Museum ticket prices we have updated:

• Adults: 40,000 VND
• Students: 20,000 VND
• Children and students from 6 – 16 years old: 10,000 VND
• Children under 6 years old, people with severe disabilities: free.

iMuseum VFA automatic interpretation ticket price:

• Adults: 50,000 VND
• Students: 30,000 VND

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2. Transportations to Vietnam Fine Arts Museum?

The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is located right on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street so it is very easy to find. From Hanoi’s Old Quarter, visitors can freely walk to admire the scenery and explore Hanoi’s streets. Besides, riding your own motorbike/car or hiring a taxi is also a good idea.

In addition, visitors can refer to some bus routes passing through the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum such as: 02, 18, 22A, 23, 32, 34, 38, 41, 45, 50. The bus will have stops about 500m away from the museum, so after getting off the bus, visitors will have to walk a bit to get to the museum. To avoid getting lost, you should open the Google maps application on your mobile phone to look up directions.

3. What is unique and attractive about the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum?

3.1. The museum is a place to collect and display countless artifacts and works of art

The museum stores nearly 20,000 valuable works of art, sculpture, and painting from the ancient period to the modern and modern periods, so visitors have the opportunity to learn about the development of Vietnamese fine arts history.

Prehistoric fine arts: opening the exhibition system of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is the prehistoric fine arts gallery. This room mainly introduces artifacts such as weapons, production tools, daily activities, jewelry, statues and musical instruments from the Stone Age…

Fine arts in the period from the 11th to the 19th century: this place displays products and artifacts that clearly show the imprint of Buddhism, royal architecture and Champa sculptures.

Fine arts from the 20th century until now: including works and collections of oil paintings, lacquer paintings,… from 1954 to present. Besides, you will also encounter works of art with romantic and realistic trends, or creative works about the revolutionary resistance during the period 1945 – 1954

Traditional applied arts: artisans have put their souls and conveyed profound artistic values ​​into each work such as: everyday objects, religious rituals, specifically types of fabric, mosaic, metal,…

Folk art: the space of this form includes two types: folk statues and folk paintings. Folk statues are made from terracotta, metal or wood to clearly depict the daily life and customs of the people. Folk paintings mainly include themes such as worship, daily life, Dong Ho paintings, Kim Hoang paintings,… with extremely vivid content.

Ceramic collection from the 11th to the 20th century: this room displays ceramic works in all stages, from unglazed ceramics to glazed ceramics: celadon ceramics, white glazed ceramics, modern ceramics,… extremely interesting.

3.2. The place where events and impressive art exhibitions take place

Vietnam Fine Arts reviews, with a large display space and rich collection, the museum regularly organizes diverse art exhibitions, giving people interesting experiences and new perspectives on art. Exhibitions can be from domestic and foreign organizations or individuals. Some typical exhibitions at the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts include:

• Exhibition “Flow”
• Exhibition “Spring Colors”
• Exhibition “Old Country Soul”
• Exhibition “Colors of Life”

3.3. Experience a creative space for children

The Creative Space experience program for children is always an attractive and favorite destination for many children. Coming to this space, children will experience many useful, creative, and meaningful activities, helping children discover and appreciate art from works in the museum such as: ceramics, paintings, sculptures,…

For this experience program, the Museum will have ticket prices as follows:

Daily program (children from 5 – 15 years old): 50,000 VND/ticket.

Program times are from 9:00 to 11:30 and from 14:00 to 16:30.

3.4. Enjoy delicious cups of coffee in an artistic campus

In addition to the space displaying fine art works, the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts also has a campus for visitors to stop and enjoy a cup of coffee as well as some favorite foods after admiring the museum’s works.

4. What should you note when visiting the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum?

To have a memorable visit at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, visitors can take advantage of some of the following museum visiting experiences:

• Do not touch artifacts: Works of art are easily damaged if touched. Please keep a safe distance and observe with your eyes.
• Respect common space: Maintain common hygiene, do not litter or talk loudly.
• Luggage: Do not bring too large suitcases or bags into the display area. You can send your belongings at the front desk.
• Attire: You should wear polite, comfortable clothes to facilitate moving and viewing works of art.
• Take photos: You can bring a camera or phone to take photos of works of art or to check-in at the museum.

5. Visit and check-in at some locations near the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

After visiting the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, visitors can visit some nearby locations to add more fun to the trip such as:

• Temple of Literature: about 400m away
• Imperial Citadel of Thang Long: about 800m away
• Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum: about 1.6km away
• One Pillar Pagoda: about 1.6km away
• Enjoy coffee at Train Street: about 1.2km away.

Even though time has passed, the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts is still there, still preserving unique works of art and attracting visitors to admire and experience. If you are an art fan, we firmly believe that this will be an interesting destination for visitors. 

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