Chewing betel nuts is a long-standing traditional custom of the Vietnamese people, showing the culture of communication and behavior, and is the language of expressing feelings between people through the betel which binds family’s intimacy and friendship. Apart from the Vietnamese, many ethnic groups in different regions, as well as groups in some countries in […]
Category Archives: Special exhibition
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Bringing Saigon’s communities closer together, Kính Vạn Hoa Exhibition tackles Ho Chí Minh city’s most persistent problems through multidimensional visualization, from 3D animation to conceptual models. The exhibiton aim to showcase students’ hard work from the course Capstone Studio 1 (Studio V), as well as to bring new innovative experiences to the Museum of Ho […]
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Dec
Dec
The exhibition “Saigon Interplay” was built from the ideas of design students of RMIT University for 2 years, including more than 20 art and creative designs, highlighting the interaction between Museum and community, harmoniously in the cultural space of a civilized, modern, gratitude city – Ho Chi Minh City. This exhibition is part of the […]
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Dec
Dec
Tay Nguyen – the Central Highlands, including Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong provinces, is not only strategic area for economic, politics, national security but also diversified, specific folk culture region of Vietnam. Tay Nguyen, where have plentiful traditional rituals following the lunar calendar and the circle of life: wedding […]
Exhibition, Special exhibition
The special exhibition of “Chinese and Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese – cultural heritage of Viet Nam”
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Dec
Dec
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Viet Nam communist Party (Feb. 3, 1930 – Feb. 3, 2010) and greeting the new year 2010. The Museum of Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the other Museums, General Science Library, and the individual collectors introduce the special exhibition of “Chinese and Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese – […]
20
Dec
Dec
The special exhibition of “Thousand years of Vietnamese ceramics” introduces over 250 artefacts of the Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, the Museun of Vietnamese History in Ho Chi Minh City, Fine Art Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Women Museum and some individial collectors. The special exhibition is open from August 28th to December […]
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Dec
Dec
Ho Chi Minh City Museum hold this exhibition, in collaboration with the VICAS. This is one of the activities executing the national programme of preservating and developing the value of the Cultural Space of Central Highland Gong Music. These old photos, hitherto unpublished in Viet Nam, allow us to go back in time and seek […]
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Dec
Dec
Sai Gon and Southern Vietnam in the process of reclaimation to open teritory has become where converging of diversified cultural flows due to multi-ethnic groups character of inhabitant community. The process of devoloping inhabitant, reclaimation, land opening was also process of cultures exchange and accepting among the Viet – Hoa – Khmer – Cham ethnic groups… In this cultural flow from beginning to early 20th century, folk art has taken important position in material and moral cultural life as customs, habits, beliefs, religions of southern inhabitant. Although, folk art takes rustic, simple features, it contains deeply cultural meanings and full expressive style so southern ancient art is respective feature in the flow of vietnam art. The special exhibition of “Ancient art in cultural heritage of Southern Vietnam” displayed about 200 objects of Ho Chi Minh city Museum, Ho Chi Minh city Fine Art museum, Museum of History – Ho Chi Minh city, Southern Women Museum and Collectors. Special exhibition was displayed in chronological arrangement and by type of artifacts. It included: – The ancient art artifacts of Sai Gon – Gia Dinh region (60% of exhibits). – The ancient art objects of other localities in the South (40% of exhibits). Objects: – Variety of Painting: paper, fabric, […]
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Dec
Dec
On the occasion of 37th Anniversary of Liberation of the South Vietnam, reunification of the nation Day (30/4/1975 – 30/4/2012) and 3rd Foundation of Ho Chi Minh City Antiques Association celebration (2009 – 2012), Ho Chi Minh City Museum and Ho Chi Minh City Antiques Association combine to display the special exhibition “Antiques from the Private Collections”. The special exhibition “Antiques from the Private Collections” displays nearly 200 antiques including other materials such as stone, bronze, wood, ceramics, metal. This antiques are ancient cultural marks from prehistoric age at south and north Viet Nam areas (2000 – 2500 BP) to Ly – Tran – Le – Nguyen dynasties. This special antiques are chosen from over 20 collections of collectors – Ho Chi Minh City Antiques Association including: weapon, bronze tools belong Dong Son culture, Dong Nai culture; colour glaze ceramics as celadon glaze, cobalt blue and brown glazes, … have had well-known in Viet Nam ceramics history; worshipping objects, jewelries belong Cham culture and Khmer culture in Viet Nam south; and other valuable antiques are come from Chine, Japan, Thailand… in cultural exchange process. This exhibition introduces […]
Exhibition, Special exhibition
45 Years of Mau Than Tet Offensive 1968 – Memory from the objects of the Museum
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Dec
Dec
On the occasion of the 83rd anniversary of the establishment of the Viet Nam Communist Party (Feb. 3, 1930 – Feb. 3, 2013) and 45th years of Mau Than Tet Offensive 1968, Museum of Ho Chi Minh City introduces the especial exhibition of “45th years of Mau Than Tet Offensive 1968 – Memory from the objects of the Museum”. In […]
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