Many museums in Ho Chi Minh City offer free admission on Uncle Ho's birthday.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City has just informed about the activities to celebrate the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2025), the 114th anniversary of Uncle Ho's departure to find a way to save the country (June 5, 1911 - June 5, 2025) and the International Museum Day on May 18 (2025).

According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hoi - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City, to visit the museum for free on May 19, people only need to bring their citizen identification card with permanent residence in Ho Chi Minh City.

In addition, museums carry out communication and propaganda work for International Museum Day on May 18 on mass media such as Fanpage, Facebook, and website of the unit about the content and meaning of the message about International Museum Day 2025, the theme "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities". At the same time, organize online heritageeducation programs at schools in Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces.

Museums also organize displays and exhibitions with many themes on International Museum Day and the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday.

Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh Museum - Ho Chi Minh City Branch organizes an exhibition (until June 5) with the theme "The South forever remembers His grace".

The exhibition includes 135 documents, images, artifacts, and quotes with thematic content consisting of 4 parts: Saigon - Gia Dinh in the 1910s, when Nguyen Tat Thanh came and left to find a way to save the country; He searched for the image of the country; The South in His heart; Ho Chi Minh City, His name forever shines.

Many museums in Ho Chi Minh City offer free admission to visitors on May 19.

Ho Chi Minh City Museum will have the following activities: Special exhibition "Journey in Uncle Ho's footsteps through stamp and postcard collections" (opening on May 18). The exhibition includes 47 stamps and postcards divided into 2 parts: Portrait of President Ho Chi Minh through the ages; Journey in Uncle Ho's footsteps.

Ton Duc Thang Museum organized a special exhibition “Ba Son - Timeline” at Ba Son Corporation (opening on May 19) with an overview of the formation and development of Ba Son Corporation. This will help the public understand the development of the shipbuilding industry and the Ba Son workers’ movement in the national liberation and the role of President Ton Duc Thang (at that time the President of the Secret Union).

The exhibition also introduces Ba Son's achievements after the country's reunification, which have made an important contribution to the successful implementation of Vietnam's Sustainable Economic Development Strategy to 2030, firmly protecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts will hold a thematic exhibition and discussion on “Telling stories after reunification” with the participation of the Liberation Art Gallery (opening on May 19). The exhibition will display 105 works including paintings, sculptures, and sketches from the museum’s collection and from artists and sculptors of the Liberation Art Tradition Club.

In addition, the War Remnants Museum organized a seminar on the topic "Synthesis of some standards in museum display"; the History Museum held a special exhibition on "President Ho Chi Minh - life and revolutionary career".

Nha An

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