Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum

Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum is a place to store and display works of painting, sculpture, antiques with high artistic value. This museum is the largest art center in Vietnam, attracting thousands of tourists and the local people to visit and learn the arts every year.

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HCMC Fine Arts Museum | @bbao____

The Fine Arts Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

The average time to visit the Fine Art Museum of Ho Chi Minh is 1.5 hours for details.

Address: 97A Pho Duc Chinh Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Opening hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm from Monday to Sunday.
Ticket price: 30,000 VND/ guest, and 15,000VND/ student.
Phone: 028 3829 4441
Website: http://baotangmythuattphcm.com.vn

History of Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Museum

The building of the HCMC Fine Arts Museum is designed by Mr. Rivera – a French architect designed in 1929 and completed in 1934.

The building used to be the residence of a Chinese businessman named Hua Bon Hoa. One of the richest and most famous people of Saigon at that time. He also owned many other famous works, such as the Majestic Hotel, Tu Du Hospital, and Saigon Emergency Center.

In 1987, this place was established as Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts. However, there were not many artifacts here. Until 1992 the museum started opening to welcome the guests to visit.

So far, the museum has become one of Vietnam’s major art centers. It stores and preserves many famous sculptures, paintings, and historical artifacts of the country and humanity. Typically, an invaluable artistic work is lacquer painting of the Spring Garden in North-Central-South (Vuon Xuan Bac Trung Nam) of artist Nguyen Gia Tri.

The beautiful architecture of the museum

HCMC Museum of Fine Arts is a beautiful building with a harmonious combination of Asian architecture (China) and Europe (France).

Fine Arts Museum HCMC
Fine Arts Museum HCMC | @hoanglan_thy

The museum with the dominant yellow color makes space cover the old charming in the heart of the modern city.

Coming here, you can also see the roofs with yin and yang red tiles, the edge of roof tiles with green borders, and glass windows with a symmetrical pattern.

Each site of the museum is impressed by the different types of bricks. The stairs are paved with marble; the floor is covered with flower bricks. The corridor is light gray; the large door frames catch the wind and sunlight. These sites are attractive to photographers and young people to have beautiful photos.

Area to display artifacts in the museum

The total of the museum area consists of three main buildings: the art display area locates on Pho Duc Chinh street, the middle is a seasonal exhibition area, and the place facing Nguyen Thai Binh street displays ancient art and sculpture.

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Enjoy the painting at the museum | @bbao____

The main area is a 3-storey building with beautiful French – Chinese architecture, and there is a large yard for ventilation. Here, visitors can admire art before and after 1975, as well as contemporary works of art. Most of the works here are paintings. Typically, there is a national lacquer painting of artist Nguyen Gia Tri. The 3rd floor of this area with modern paintings shows the vision of new generation artists.

The area of ancient art and sculpture has not many guests coming, maybe no clear guidance to go there. You can see Champa statues, Chinese-Vietnamese sculptures. Looking at these artifacts, you will imagine the old temples and houses somewhere in the ancient Chinese streets in District 5 or Central Vietnam.

What to do in HCMC Fine Arts Museum

HCMC Fine Arts Museum is a famous place in Saigon to visit. This attraction is suitable for both single and family tourists. When you come here, you can do a lot of things, including:

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Taking pictures at the Fine Arts Museum | @quynhu.nhu
  • Enjoy and study of the art through many famous paintings,
  • Explore your interest in art through different styles of drawing,
  • Learn how to draw at the class in the yard at the weekends,
  • Discover the classic beauty of the building of the Fine Arts Museum,
  • Taking pictures of you with the beautiful building to remember your journey or share them with friends.

Art is borderless, and this museum is worth visiting when you travel to Ho Chi Minh City. This place is not far from the tourist town of Pham Ngu Lao and Bui Vien Street, District1, so you can use a taxi to there.

If you are a lover of classic style, fascinated with skillful patterns on the buildings, and passionate about exploring culture and art, you definitely like this Arts Museum hidden in the bustling city of Saigon.

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