Vietnam Military History Museum
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is home to a huge number of different museums and other cultural centers, where locals often like to spend their time telling their children the glorious history of Vietnam, as well as showing them various exhibits. One of the largest museums in Hanoi is the Vietnam Museum of Military History.
Features of the Vietnamese 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, to maintain the spirit of which various military exhibitions were organized, finally this museum was opened in 1959 on the day of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnamese People's Army. This museum has become a real treasure trove of the history of the military and the army of Vietnam – it contains a huge number of documents, guns, as well as combat vehicles that took active military operations during the Second World War.
The museum was built in the middle of the 19th century in the premises of a 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 exhibition of the museum includes various guns, cannons, sabers. In order to understand the meaning of an exhibit as well as possible, you must first familiarize yourself with the history of the Vietnamese army.
The collection of the Vietnamese Museum of Military History itself consists of more than 160,000 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 weapons from the time of various wars that repeatedly took place on Vietnamese soil. Samples of military equipment are represented by Soviet, American, and French production. Among the military exhibition there are powerful tanks, formidable guns, as well as huge airplanes, various armored personnel carriers. Separate halls of the museum are dedicated to the two World Wars, where Vietnam took an active part in the Second World War, acting as a striking force against Nazi Germany. There are various weapons, some archival documents, as well as military clothing. There are a large number of artillery pieces in the courtyard of the museum, as well as a large number of old howitzers, some of which served in the Napoleonic Wars.
The Vietnam Museum of Military History is one of the most popular museums in Vietnam, where you can see many different unique exhibits that took part in various military operations, some of these exhibits were even bought by the museum so that locals and tourists coming to Hanoi could admire the history of the military of this country.
The main attractions of the Vietnam Army Museum include the tower, which serves as a symbol of the whole of Hanoi. The famous structure was built back in 1812, and it has not been destroyed like many other military installations. The tower is part of the Royal Hanoi Citadel, the remains of which have been protected by UNESCO since 2010 and are also recognized as a national treasure. You can climb to the very top of the tower, which is 33.4 meters up, using a spiral staircase located in the middle of the building. The national flag of Vietnam stands at the very top of the building.
