Ho Chi Minh City has many famous tourist attractions that include large collection of amazing museums with their own beauty and many interesting stories for visitors to explore. An exhaustive list of the best museums in Ho Chi Minh City, including opening times, admission prices, services.
Learn more about Vietnamese history and culture in Ho Chi Minh City’s best museums by joining Must-See Museums Tour in Ho Chi Minh City. You will get a chance to visit War Remnants Museum, Fine Arts Museum and Fito Museum.
Fine Arts Museum in Ho Chi Minh City
Located in the heart of the city, Ho Chi Minh City’s Fine Arts Museum is one of the largest art museums in the country. The architecture of the museum harmoniously combines Asian and European styles. Previously, the museum was the private house of Hua Bon Hoa, also known as Uncle Hoa, who was considered the "king of real estate" of old Saigon. Currently, the museum has become a major art center of Vietnam, hosting many art works such as paintings, sculptures and art antiques.
Address: 97 Pho Duc Chinh, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 0 km
Opening hours: 9:00 - 17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday
Entrance fee: 30,000 VND per person
Ho Chi Minh City Museum
If you love a nostalgically beautiful classic architecture, Ho Chi Minh City Museum is the right place for you to visit. The building has two dragons on the roof so it’s often called by the name Nha Rong Wharfs, which means Dragon House Wharf. This is where the great leader of the Vietnamese nation went to find a way to save the country in 1911. Inside the museum, galleries display 9 main exhibitions including Nature-Archeology, Geography-Administration, Trade Port, Trade-Service, Saigon Culture, Revolutionary Struggle 1930-1975, Industry and Handicraft Village of Saigon and Souvenirs of War Resistance. When walking along the courtyard, you can see the view of Saigon River.
Address: 65 Ly Tu Trong, Ben Nghe, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 1 km
Opening hours: 8:30 - 17:00 daily
Entrance fee: 30,000 VND per person
Ho Chi Minh City’s War Remnants Museum
War Remnants Museum is one of the most famous museums in Ho Chi Minh City that attracts hundreds of thousands visitors every year. This tourist attraction is suitable for those who are passionate about discovering national history. The museum contains displays both outdoor and indoor. There is an exhibition of military aircrafts, weaponry and many photographs, reflecting the real pain, the brutality and the consequences of the war.
Address: 28 Vo Van Tan, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 1 km
Opening hours: 7:30 - 18:00 (Last Entrance 17:30) from Monday to Sunday, including holidays and New Year
Entrance fee:
- Adults: 40,000 VND per person
- Children under 6-year-old: Free
You can take a walk along the streets of Ho Chi Minh City to soak in its unique atmosphere and visit well-known landmarks such as War Remnants Museum, Reunification Palace and more by joining Saigon City Half Day Tour.
Vietnamese History Museum
Vietnamese History Museum, formerly known as the Musée Blanchard de la Brosse, was built in 1929. This museum introduces the history from the prehistoric period to modern time in Vietnam. Vietnamese History Museum will give you an opportunity to admire thousands of valuable artifacts and learn about Vietnamese history more deeply. In addition, the museum also has more than 25,000 books and precious materials for archeological ethnological, historical research.
Address: 2 Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (next to the Zoo and Botanical Gardens)
Distance from the city center: 2 km
Opening hours: 8:00 - 11:00, 13:30 - 16:30 from Tuesday to Sunday
Entrance fee: 15,000 VND per person
Southern Women's Museum
Southern Women's Museum was built in 1985. This special museum preserves the values and honors the dignity of Southern women of the fight for Vietnamese freedom and independence. There are 3 floors and 8 showrooms in the museum which displays up to 30,00 artifacts including regional costumes, jewelry, production labor tools, daily-life tools, images and documents, and other valuable antiques.
Address: 202 Vo Thi Sau Street, Ward 7, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 2 km
Opening hours: 7:30 - 11:00, 13:30 - 17:00 daily
Entrance fee: 30,000 VND per person
Artinus 3D Art Museum
Artinus 3D Art Museum is considered to be one of the most unique museums in Vietnam. The museum has a picture area of up to 4000 square meters. The paintings here are divided into 9 different zones with different theme including the Aqua Zone, Animal Zone, Masterpiece Zone, Vietnam Zone, Egypt Adventure Zone, Fantage Zone, Giant Zone, Strange House Zone, and Love Zone. You can freely admire the collection of shimmering and unique 3D paintings as well as take impressive photos with your friends and family.
Address: 02-04, Street 9, KDC Himlam, Tan Hung Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 5 km
Opening hours:
- Monday – Friday: 9:00 – 18:00 (last admission at 17:00)
- Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays: 9:00 – 20:00 (last admission at 19:00)
Entrance fee:
- Monday - Friday: 200,000 VND per person
- Weekends & Public Holidays: 250,000 VND per person
- Children (below 90 cm): Free
Ao Dai Museum
Located quite far from the city center, Ao Dai Museum has only recently been established in 2014. There are more than 500 Ao Dai from different eras. In the museum, you will learn about Vietnam's national costume Ao Dai and its making process, from designing, cutting, sewing, drawing to embroidering and the cultural stories behind it.
Address: 206/19, 30 Long Thuan, Long Phuoc, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 21 km
Opening hours: 8:30 - 17:30 from Tuesday to Sunday
Entrance fee: 100,000 VND per person
Traditional Vietnamese Medicine Museum (Fito Museum)
Traditional Vietnamese Medicine Museum is located in a quite hidden corner of Hoang Duy Khuong Street, District 10. The museum includes one ground floor and five upper floors that are home to 18 exhibition rooms including the Historical Chronology of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine, Altar of Medicine, Prehistoric Traditional Instruments, Vietnamese Physicians, Medical Temple, Oriental Traditional Medicine, Tree of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine, Collection of Medical Ingredients, Oriental Apothecary Instruments, Pharmacy House Model of XIX Century, Collection of Wine Jars, Collection of Ceramic Teapots, Collection of Scales and Mortars, Collection of Metal Teapots, Collection of Tincture Jugs, Royal Medicinal Academy, Cinema Room and Pharmacy and Souvenir Shop.
Address: 41 Hoang Du Khuong, Phuong 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 4 km
Opening hours: 8:30 - 17:00 daily
Entrance fee:
- Adults: 120,000 VND per person
- Children (below 1.2 m): 60,000 VND
Ton Duc Thang Museum
Ton Duc Thang Museum is the famous memorial museum in Vietnam, located in the city center. Ton Duc Thang Museum is dedicated to Ton Duc Thang or Uncle Ton, the first president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Ton Duc Thang Museum was built in 1988 to celebrate his 100th birthday in order to preserve, display and introduce the life and career of him. There are many artifacts, documents and photographs on display. Coming here, you will feel a part of the development of the struggle movement of workers and laboring people in Saigon in the early years of the 20th century.
Address: 05 Ton Duc Thang, P. Ben Nghe, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 2 km
Opening hours: 8:00 – 11:30, 13:30 – 16:30 from Tuesday to Sunday
Entrance fee: Free
Southeastern Armed Forces Museum
Southeastern Armed Forces Museum often referred as Military Zone 7 Museum was established in 1988. There are more than 160,000 artifacts displayed at the museum presenting the forces of Ho Chi Minh City and the southeastern provinces of Vietnam during the French and American War.
Address: 247 Hoang Van Thu, Ward 1, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City
Distance from the city center: 6 km
Opening hours: 7:00 - 11:00, 13:30 - 16:30 from Monday to Friday
Entrance fee: 40,000 VND per person
Tips
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