THE MUSEUM OF VIETNAMESE HISTORY – HO CHI MINH CITY

1. THE MUSEUM OF VIETNAMESE HISTORY – HO CHI MINH CITY
The history museum which is located in the area next to Saigon Botanical Garden, is a
worthy address for visiting, tourism in Ho Chi Minh city. This is one of the Museums
that has had the longest origin in Vietnam: it was inaugurated in January 1st 1929, at
the time it had the name “Musee Blanchard de la Brosse”.
Over a half century, the museum changed three names. However, one of the most
basic and profound changes – included in the name, also in the content, the form and
the display surface – was from April 30th 1975. The accurate date of this change was
August 23rd 1979, based on the Decision of The People’s Committee of the city,
which founded the Museum of Vietnamese History – Ho Chi Minh city.
Room 1: The Primitive Age
Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia, one of the regions where the anthropoids
appeared earliest.
The teeth of Pithecine which were discovered in the caves at Tham Khuyen, Tham
Hai (Lang Son), together with thousands and thousands of crudely – flaked pebble
tools at Mount Do, Mount Nuong (Thanh Hoa), at Hang Gon, Dau Giay (Dong Nai) ...
proved that the humand had been in Vietnam in the Supreme Ancient Age, circa
300,000 years ago.
Homo Sapiens skeletal remains were discovered at Keo Leng Cave (Lang Son), Soi
Nhu Cave (Quang Binh), with the Late – Paleolithic Son Vi Culture, circa 40,000 to
10,000 years ago.
To the Neolithic, the owners of Hoa Binh and Bac Son Culture in Highlands, Quynh
Van and Ha Long could cultivate a number of fruit-trees, vegetables and pumpkins ...
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