Antiquities Museum

Museum of Royal Arts (Antiquities Museum) locates in 03 Le Truc street with the area of 6,330 sq.m. This building used to be Long An palace that was constructed in 1845 under Thieu Tri reign. The house was a wonderful wooden work consisting of 128 rare wooden columns. On the surface of the wooden works there were hundreds of classical bas-reliefs, sacred animals such as Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, Phoenix and over 1000 poems in Chinese characters. Many researchers have said that the Museum of Royal Arts is the most beautiful palace in Viet Nam.

Three hundreds valuable antiques made of gold, silver, precious stone, glazed terra- cotta, wood are displayed in this palace. Many royal utensils such as tables, chairs, beds, clothes of imperial concubine, princes, royal family members, etc. can be seen here. All the antiques displayed in the Museum are valuable works made by skilled craftsmen.