The Countryside Museum has many artifacts such as agricultural tools, fishing tools, household utensils, etc. left by our ancestors.

The Countryside Museum is located in Giao Thinh commune, Giao Thuy district, founded by teacher Ngo Thi Khieu and her husband, Major General Hoang Kien, to preserve agricultural tools, fishing gear, household utensils, etc. left by our ancestors.

The museum management board said that after Ms. Khieu and her husband were leased 6,000 square meters of land by Giao Thuy district authorities at a preferential price for 30 years to build the museum. In 2011, the project began, by the end of 2012, the museum had completed phase one, opened its doors, and was officially completed in 2015. In 2014, the Vietnam Record Organization awarded a certificate to Ms. Ngo Thi Khieu as the founder of the first Countryside Museum in Vietnam.

According to the museum management board, after the Giao Thuy district government leased 6,000 square meters of land to Ms. Khieu and her husband for 30 years to build the museum, construction began in 2011. By the end of 2012, the museum completed phase one, opened its doors, and was officially completed in 2015. In 2014, the Vietnam Record Organization awarded Ms. Ngo Thi Khieu a certificate as the founder of the first Countryside Museum in Vietnam.

The Country Museum campus includes an indoor exhibition area, an outdoor exhibition area, and an area preserving the country's culinary culture.

Thatched roof houses in the museum grounds.

Tables and chairs, dinner trays,... are displayed in each room.

Ancient farming tools - typical of Northern villages at the museum.

The ground floor of the museum is where the battlefield relics of Major General Hoang Kien and many valuable documents about the Vietnam People's Army are displayed.

Taking her children to experience and visit the Countryside Museum, Ms. Pham Thu Hang (Truc Ninh district) said: "Coming to the Countryside Museum, I feel like I'm returning to the past, experiencing traditional craft villages, working tools, and household items that have been associated with my childhood. Especially, here, I will directly guide and tell my children about my childhood memories through each familiar item, real images right in front of them. I feel that this place is very meaningful and practical."

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