In June 1966, house No 66 on Nguyen Thai Hoc street in Ba Dinh district,
Hanoi, was transformed into the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. Approximately 10,000 works, objects, restored articles, reproductions, pictures, and paintings are displayed in 16 showrooms according to the following divisions: ·
Ethnic minorities · Primitive eras: Neolithic Age, Bronze Age, and Paleolithic Age · Feudalism: 11th to 18th centuries · Ancient sculpture: outstanding works from the 11th to 19th centuries · Folk paintings · Technologic fine arts · Fine arts before the August 1945 Revolution · Resistance against French troops (1940-1954) · From 1954 to now In addition, there are numerous collections of specific fine-art exhibitions such as ancient stone sculptures, fine arts from the Bronze Age, antique pottery, ethnic minority paintings, and lacquer paintings. The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is a lively historical treasure depicting the origins and evolution of Vietnamese fine arts. |
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