19/04/2024 - 08:59:50
On March 11, 2024, the Hanoi Museum, in collaboration with the School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts (Hanoi National University), organized a workshop, "Dragon image in Eastern aesthetics". The seminar was part of the exhibition "Telling Dragon Stories in the Year of the Dragon," which introduced more than 100 documents and artefacts that clarified the dragon symbol in religious and belief architecture through the Hanoi Museum's collection of artefacts. The collection also includes dragons in contemporary fine arts, expressed through craft village products and unique handicraft products.
27/03/2024 - 09:16:27
Fine Art, originating in prehistoric and early historical times, has always closely followed the nation's building and national defence process. Fine Art is one of the first art disciplines that prove the nation's cultural heritage, such as the carvings on the cliffs of Dong Noi cave over 10,000 years ago, belonging to the Hoa Binh culture and the carvings on bronze drums belonging to the Dong Son culture (especially the Ngoc Lu bronze drums) dating back 2500 -2000 years.
26/03/2024 - 15:10:30
On the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930) and the Lunar New Year, Hanoi Museum opened two exhibitions and held many other activities on February 1, 2024.
12/03/2024 - 11:32:45
A Summoning Tablet is the common name for a group of unique items issued by the royalty during the Le Dynasty; there are different tablet classifications depending on the material used to make the Tablet: Kim bai (gold Tablet), Ngan bai (silver Tablet), Moc bai (wooden Tablet), Thach bai (stone Tablet). Each Tablet within a tablet classification has a different function: Tin bai (token Tablet) and Lenh bai (task assignment Tablet).
08/01/2024 - 09:56:21
The Hanoi Museum is preserving an ancient seal with the registration number BTHN 10305 - the seal is made of bronze and is still relatively intact. The bronze seal, which measures 10 centimetres tall and weighs 0.7 kilograms, consists of the knob, base, and face. Each side of the face is 7.5 centimetres long.
08/01/2024 - 09:32:38
In 1885, in Paris - France, the Indochina Bank was established with the exclusive role of printing money in Indochina, providing finance for foreign trade and supporting business activities in all fields. Indochina Bank opened its Headquarters in Hanoi in 1887 in a house on Jules Ferry Street (now Hang Trong Street), but this location does not befit the status of a financial authority. Construction started on the new headquarters in Courbet Avenue (now Ly Thai To Street) on an area of 3150m2 and was completed in 1931.
20/12/2023 - 10:21:32
Nghia Do Village is located on the right bank of the To Lich River and consists of four hamlets: Tien Thuong (also known as Xom Tan), Van Long (also known as Lang Dau), Yen Phu (also known as An Phu), and Trung Nha (also known as Lang Nghe). The village specializes in the production of paper for Imperial edicts (giay nghe). Together with Yen Thai Village, Dong Xa Village, and Ho Khau Village, they form a cluster of paper-making villages. Nghia Do was formerly part of Tu Liem District, Ha Dong Province, but now it is Nghia Do Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi. In the past, the villagers mainly relied on weaving and paper-making as their livelihoods, while rice fields were leased to tenant farmers.
12/12/2023 - 16:00:35
The ASEAN’s UNESCO Creative Cities Network Conference took place at Hanoi Museum on November 18, as part of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023, with a focus on Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Development.
04/12/2023 - 09:20:40
In March 1974, professor Tran Quoc Vuong, a lecturer in the history department of the University of Hanoi (now University of Social Sciences and Humanities), visited the Huong Son relic site and accidentally saw traces showing the presence of primitive humans in the area. Exploring with the local people, Professor Tran Quoc Vuong discovered the site of Sung Sam cave, a relic that is still relatively intact and does not have any architectural works built in the later stage. The Sung Sam site was officially excavated by archaeologists in the early days of the festival season, March 1975.
22/11/2023 - 11:02:15
According to the book "Đại Nam Nhất Thống Chí, during the Lê Trung Hưng dynasty, the Lê-Trịnh government already constructed the Sơn Tây citadel. Its location was in La Phẩm commune, Tiên Phong district, Quảng Oai prefecture (now part of Tản Hồng commune, Ba Vì district). Around the reign of Cảnh Hưng (1740-1786), to avoid floods, the citadel was relocated to Mông Phụ commune, Phúc Thọ district, Quốc Oai prefecture (now part of Đường Lâm commune, Sơn Tây town). In the early years of Gia Long's reign of the Nguyễn dynasty, the Sơn Tây citadel remained in its original position. In the third year of Minh Mạng's reign (1822), the citadel was moved to the locations of two communes, Thuần Nghệ and Mai Trai, which are now situated in the center of present-day Sơn Tây town, including the Quang Trung, Ngô Quyền, and Lê Lợi wards.