The Museum of History (Bao Tang Lich Su) was first opened in 1932, and was originally known as École Française d'Extrême Orient. It currently serves as a national museum focusing on the history of Vietnam. The museum exhibits are separated over two floors over more than 2000 square metres in size, and date from the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages all the way to present. The ground floor focuses more on early history, including Vietnam's Bronze Age, tools, the Ngoc Lu bronze drums, and ceramics from the Ly and Tran dynasties. The upstairs floor focuses more on modern culture, including 18th - 20th century bronze bells, Nguyen-dynasty lacquered thrones, altars, and "parallel sentence"boards.

It is possible to arrange English speaking tours, but they must be requested in advance.

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The National Museum of Vietnamese History boasts collections from about 1000 years back until 1945. The museum is a colonial French building which was completed in 1932. The building, designed by the architect Ernest Hebrard is considered as a successful blend between the colonial French architecture and traditional Vietnamese architecture, called Indochina architecture. He created double-walls and balconies for a natural ventilation system and protection from sunshine.

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