Vietnamese Women’s Museum

Vietnamese Women’s Museum is located in Ly Thuong Kiet Street, near the central Hoan Kiem Lake and the old quarter. This museum is dedicated to Vietnamese women.

The museum opened to the public in 1995 and had been renovated between 2006 and 2010. More than 1000 materials, photos, and objects displayed in the permanent exhibition show the role the Vietnamese women played in the History and currently play in Arts and in the Family life. The museum also organizes thematic exhibitions to show changes and development of the contemporary society.

Opening Hours: From 08.00 am - 16.30 pm every day except Monday

Location: Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi Old Quarter in the Hoan Kiem district.

Remarks: Ticket bookings are also available online

How to get there: You can reach the museum via bus numbers 8, 31, 36 or 49 or alternatively via private car, taxi

Vietnamese Women’s Museum Highlights

Vietnamese Women’s Museum features displays across five floors delivered over three sections – women in the family, women in history and women’s fashions. There are more than 1,000 artifacts on display depicting the many faces and changing roles of Vietnamese women. The Women in History section showcases Vietnamese women from 1930-1954, Southern and then Northern Women from 1954-1975, Unification, Vietnam’s Heroic Mothers and Portraits of Contemporary Women. Fascinating exhibits include a wooden tray that a female leader of the Indochina Communist Party once used to print propaganda leaflets in Long An from 1936-1939. The fashion section is full of jewelry and skilfully crafted clothing, including batik and woven garments.

 

Inside the museum, there are lots of narratives as women of the rice paddy fields, service workers, street vendors, female business leaders, academics and mothers are all well represented. Additionally, there is plenty of information on everyday life including marriage, family life, fashion, and life-changing rituals. Interestingly, there are also exhibits on the part women played in Vietnam’s wars.

Displays are very well presented in a storytelling format with signs also in English and French. Historic documentation including Taoist books of the Dao people and wedding cards from the Kinh community will give visitors an in-depth insight into better understanding the women of Vietnam. Photographs and film footage documenting the life of heroic mothers during wartime are moving exhibits that should not be missed.