Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts
Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts (Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the major art museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and second in the country only to the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi. The museum covers three three-floor buildings which house a collection featuring Vietnamese art works in sculpture, oil, silk painting and lacquer painting, as well as traditional styles including woodcut paintings in the Hàng Trống, Đông Hồ, and Kim Hoàng styles, as well as Vietnamese ceramics and a collection of ancient Buddhist art. The first floor also includes a commercial gallery of art works.
Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts
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Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts (Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the major art museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and second in the country only to the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi. The museum covers three three-floor buildings which house a collection featuring Vietnamese art works in sculpture, oil, silk painting and lacquer painting, as well as traditional styles including woodcut paintings in the Hàng Trống, Đông Hồ, and Kim Hoàng styles, as well as Vietnamese ceramics and a collection of ancient Buddhist art. The first floor also includes a commercial gallery of art works.
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Archaeological exhibits such as some of the country's best Champa and Óc Eo relics are displayed on the third floor. The main building was constructed by a French architect Rivera between 1929 and 1934 as a villa for the Hua (Hui-Bon-Hoa; Traditional Chinese: 黄文華; Sino-Vietnamese: Huỳnh Văn Hoà) family. The museum moved there in 1987.
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• Name — Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts • Native Name — Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh • Established — 1987 09 05 • Location — 97-97A Phó Đức Chính Street, Bến Thành, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City • Type — Art museum • Public Transit — Ben Thanh station • Website — baotangmythuattphcm.com.vn
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• Illustration — Front door of the building • Illustration — Another side of the museum • Illustration — Grounds of the museum
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- 1.Frommer's Vietnam: with Angkor Wat Ron Emmons - 2012 Page 310 "Three floors house an evolving modern collection, featuring new and established Vietnamese artists' works in sculpture, oil, and lacquer, as well as a nice collection of ancient Buddhist artwork and some Cham statuary."
- 2.Jan Dodd, Mark Lewis, Ron Emmons The Rough Guide to Vietnam 4th edition 2003 Page 96 "Ho Chi Minh City's Fine Art Museum (Tues-Sun, 9am-4.45pm; small admission fee) is worth a visit to view some of the country's best Cham and Oc Eo relics on the third floor. The first floor is given over to commerce in the form of art works on"
- 3.Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City.
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