Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History

In 1927, the collector Holbé passed away, leaving behind many valuable antiques. The Indochina Research Association bought those antiques and asked the government for permission to build a museum to store and preserve them.

Sketch by Architect Bui Hoang Bao

Sketch by Architect Phung The Huy

In 1929, the Blanchard de la Brosse Museum (named after the governor of Cochinchina at that time) was inaugurated. The building was designed by architect Auguste Delaval (70 m long, 30 m wide) with the highlight being the octagonal tower in the middle. The patterns and decorative motifs are a mixture of Vietnamese and French. According to researcher Nguyen Duc Hiep, this is one of two buildings in Saigon that represents the unique East-West fusion architecture, Indochinese architecture.

Sketch by Architect Dinh Trong Hai

Sketch by Architecture student Vo Tin Dat

Museum courtyard - sketch by architect Tran Xuan Hong

The museum changed its name to the National Museum of Vietnam (in 1956) and to the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History (in 1979).

In 1970, the museum added a building behind (area 1,000 ^m2 , U-shaped, with a lake in the middle) designed by architect Nguyen Ba Lang.

Sketch by Architect Linh Hoang

Corridor inside the museum - sketch by architect Linh Hoang

Sketch by Architect Pham Minh Duc

The museum has an area displaying Vietnamese history from primitive times to the Nguyen Dynasty, an area displaying the cultures of southern ethnic groups and some Asian countries. The outdoor area displays cannons.

The museum currently owns about 40,000 valuable artifacts and was ranked as a National Architectural and Artistic Relic in 2012. Due to the building's deterioration and leaks, earlier this year Ho Chi Minh City spent 45 billion VND to renovate and embellish it.

Sketch by Bom Sketcher

Sketch by Architecture student Hoang Huong Quynh

Sketch by Architect Phan Dinh Trung

Sketch by Architect Nguyen Khanh Vu

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