Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History

Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History
Bảo tàng Lịch sử Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
	The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History in 2013
Established	1 January 1929; 96 years ago
Location	2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Coordinates	10°47′05″N 106°42′27″E / 10.78484°N 106.70759°E
Type	History museum
Website	www.baotanglichsutphcm.com.vn

The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History is located at 2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Formerly known as the Musée Blanchard de la Brosse, and The National Museum of Vietnam in Saigon, it received its current name in 1979. The museum was designed by French architect Auguste Delaval, and was inaugurated at the same time as the nearby Temple of Hùng King on 1 January 1929. It is a museum showcasing Vietnam's history with exhibits from all periods.^[1]

Exhibits

The topics covered by the exhibits include the following:

Prehistoric period (500,000 years ago to 2879 BC).
Metal Age (2879–179 BC), including artifacts related to the Dong Son culture of northern Vietnam and the Sa Huỳnh culture of central Vietnam.
Chinese Domination and Struggle for National Independence in the Red River Valley (179 BC – 938 AD)
Óc Eo culture of the Mekong Delta region
Stone and bronze sculptures and other artifacts of Champa
Stone sculptures of Cambodia (9th–12th centuries)
Ngô, Dinh, Anterior Lê, Ly dynasties (939–1225)
Tran and Ho dynasties (1226–1407)
Dynasties from the Lê to the Nguyên (1428–1788)
Tây Sơn dynasty (1771–1802)
Nguyễn dynasty (1802–1945)^[2]

In popular culture

The museum served as the pit stop for the second leg of The Amazing Race Asia 3.

Gallery

The exterior of the museum.
A mural depicting a historical battle in the courtyard.
French cannon, cast in 1868, was used to fight the Nguyễn dynasty army during the French conquest of Vietnam.