HCMC museum shows off never-before-seen artifacts
Some 250 artifacts, most of them never before shown in public, are on display at the Ho Chi Minh City History Museum.
The items on show at the “A 40-year collection of artifacts” exhibition include a gemstone earring in a skull dating back 2,500 years, a bronze jar from the 1st-3rd centuries, and ceramic oil lamps from the 19th-20th centuries.
They have been excavated, gifted, or bought over the past 40 years.
While most of the items belong to Vietnamese cultures, some are from Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, and Myanmar.
After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the new government took over the museum from the US-backed Saigon regime and increased the number of items from 5,000 to the current 37,000.
The exhibition will run until October 31 at the museum at 2 Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, District 1.
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| Stone axes dating back to 3,000-4,000 years ago excavated in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum in 2000. |
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| A pair of silver palanquin hooks made in Cambodia in the 12th-13th centuries |
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| A Buddha statue made in Laos in the 17th-18th centuries. |