Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities
covers on area of more than 6,000m². The
main showroom of the museum was Long An
Palace reconstructed in 1909 as the
library of Quoc Tu Giam (National
Academy).
This work has the architectural style
“trung thiem diep oc” (sloping
successive roofs), a unique palace
architecture of
Hue. The interior and
exterior of the palace are decorated
artistically, magnificently and
exquisitely.
Since 1923, Long An Palace has been used
as a showroom of more than 10,000
antiquities, mainly served daily lives,
rituals, beliefs and defence of Nguyen
Dynasty (1802 - 1945). Besides, there
are gifts, merchandises from foreign and
trade relations between Nguyen Dynasty
and other countries, typically Chinese
ceramic and enamelled bronze, French
ceramic and bronze. Hue Museum of Royal
Antiquities also stores more than 80
Cham objects found in the areas of O and
Ly (now
Quang Tri and Thua Thien - Hue
provinces) and Tra Kieu (Quang Nam
Province).
Opening time: 6.30am - 5.30pm (in
summer) or 7.00am - 5.00pm (in winter)
daily, except Mondays.
Admission fees: VND
150,000/person; children (from 7 to 12
years old): VND 30,000/person for
package tour of Imperial Citadel, Forbidden City and Hue Museum of
Royal Antiquities. |
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