Vietnam Military History Museum
In the capital of Vietnam – Hanoi, there are a huge number of different museums and other cultural centers where local residents like to spend their time often telling their children the glorious history of Vietnam, and also showing them various exhibits. One of the largest museums in Hanoi is the Vietnam Museum of Military History.
Features of the Vietnam Museum of Military History
This museum is included in the list of cultural significance of Vietnam. The opening of the museum was accompanied by the difficult military situation of the Vietnamese military, for the maintenance of the spirit of which various military exhibitions were held, finally this museum was opened in 1959 on day 15 – of the summer foundation of the Vietnamese people's army. This museum has become a real treasury of the history of the military and army of Vietnam – a huge number of documents, guns, as well as combat vehicles that took active military operations during the Second World War are collected here.
The museum was erected in the middle of the 19th century in the premises of the former military barracks, which was located in the very center of the capital of Vietnam. As a museum, this building opened its doors to guests at the beginning of the 20th century. The first exposition of the museum included various guns, guns, sabers. In order to understand the meaning of an exhibit as best as possible, you need to first familiarize yourself with the history of the Vietnamese army.
The collection of the Vietnam Museum of Military History itself consists of more than 160 thousand exhibits, which are located on several floors of this barracks. The collection includes paintings by famous Vietnamese artists, coins and uniforms, as well as various tools from various wars that have repeatedly occurred on Vietnamese soil. Samples of military equipment are presented in Soviet, American, as well as French production. Among the military exhibition are powerful tanks, formidable guns, as well as huge planes, various armored personnel carriers. Separate halls of the museum are dedicated to two world wars, where Vietnam took an active part in World War II, acting as a shock force against Nazi Germany. Various weapons, some archival documents, as well as military clothes are presented here. A large number of artillery pieces were placed in the courtyard of the museum, as well as a large number of old howitzers, some of whom performed in the Napoleonic Wars.
The Vietnam Museum of Military History is one of the most popular museums in Vietnam, in which you can see many different unique exhibits that took part in various hostilities, some of these exhibits were even bought by the museum so that local residents and tourists who come to the city of Hanoi could admire the history of the military affairs of this country.
The main attractions of the army museum in Vietnam include the tower, which serves as a symbol of all of Hanoy. The famous structure was erected back in 1812, and remained undistributed, like many other military facilities. The tower is part of the Royal Hanoi Citadel, the remains of which have been protected by UNESCO since 2010, and also recognized as the public domain. You can climb to the very top of the tower, and this is 33.4 meters up, using the spiral staircase, which is located in the middle of the building. At the very top of the structure, the national flag of Vietnam rises.
