(Dan Tri Newspaper) - On December 3rd, the Hoi An Local Products Museum opened at 57 Tran Phu Street, Hoi An Old Town, officially welcoming domestic and international tourists.
This event is part of a series of activities celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hoi An Ancient Town being recognized as a World Cultural Heritage site (December 4, 1999 - December 4, 2024), the 7th anniversary of Central Vietnam's Bài Chòi folk art being inscribed by UNESCO as a Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2017-2024), and the first anniversary of Hoi An joining UNESCO's Creative Cities Network.
The establishment of the Hoi An Local Products Museum is an innovative approach to showcasing, introducing, promoting, and developing local products and spices from Hoi An in particular and Quang Nam in general; creating a new, unique, and attractive tourist attraction in the ancient town.
Opening of the Local Products Museum in Hoi An (Photo: Ngo Linh).
The Hoi An Local Products Museum is housed in a two-story ancient building with two interconnected sections linked by a connecting bridge and courtyard. Its convenient location connects it to other specialized museums such as the Traditional Medicine Museum (46 Nguyen Thai Hoc), the Trade Ceramics Museum (80 Tran Phu), and the Folklore Museum (33 Nguyen Thai Hoc), creating a chain of specialized museums in Hoi An.
The museum showcases typical products and spices of Hoi An, Quang Nam (Photo: Ngo Linh).
The Hoi An Local Products Museum covers a total area of approximately 240m2, showcasing four main themes: An overview of local products in Hoi An and Quang Nam; Hoi An - a transit point for spices and local products in Quang Nam; an introduction to some typical and endemic local products of Hoi An and Quang Nam such as bird's nest, lao leaves, pepper, betel nut, cinnamon, tea, agarwood, etc.; and the continuation and development of local products in Hoi An and Quang Nam.
This is a new tourist attraction in Hoi An (Photo: Ngo Linh).
The exhibits showcase nearly 130 images, documents, ancient texts, and maps; 178 artifacts of high historical and cultural value, combined with a number of models, dioramas, and specimens of diverse shapes, materials, and designs. All are arranged harmoniously and vividly, deeply reflecting the content and demonstrating high aesthetic value.
At the opening ceremony, the Hoi An Cultural Heritage Conservation Management Center introduced and launched a book on spices and local products of Hoi An, Quang Nam, containing 38 articles by experts and researchers.
Mr. Pham Phu Ngoc, Director of the Hoi An Cultural Heritage Conservation Management Center, said that connecting the system of thematic museums will create a chain of attractive tourist destinations, contributing to attracting tourists to the eastern area of the ancient town, creating conditions for local people in this area to develop types of services for tourists, and improving their lives.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/du-lich/bao-tang-tho-san-hoi-an-mo-cua-phuc-vu-khach-tham-quan-20241203142831993.htm
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