Famous museums in Hanoi, Vietnam

If you arrive in Hanoi about one or two days before the Vietnam motorbike tours start, you should spend your time on learning more about Hanoi by visiting some of the most famous museums. The capital is home to Vietnam’s best museums which worth to visit during your Vietnam motorbike rides in Hanoi.

And here is the list of all museums in Hanoi, depend on your interest, you can choose some of them:

Army Museum: Item descriptions on museum exhibits are in Vietnamese, French and English. On display outside are the ubiquitous MiG-21 jet fighter, T-54 tank and many bombs and articles captured on Indochina and Vietnam wars. This museum covers it on four buildings with interesting pieces that extends back some two millenniums.
Open time: 08:00-11:30/13:00-16:30. Closed on Monday & Friday
28A Dien Bien Phu st, Admission fee 30,000 VND (Camera using fee: 20,000 VND)

Fine Art Museum: The museum displays wonderful pictures of soldiers on boats depicted on prehistoric bronze drums, Buddhist art, and revolutionary art of the 20th century wars, also some interesting silk paintings.
Open time: 08:30- 17:00, all days of the week
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc st, Admission fee 20,000 VND

History Museum: It is housed in a colonial French building which was completed in 1932 and it was designed by the architect Ernest Hébrard. This is a collection from Vietnamese history from about 1000 years back until 1945.
Open time: 08:00-12:00/13:30-16:30. Closed on Monday of the first week of month)
1 Trang Tien st, Admission fee 20,000 VND

Museum of Ethnology: The museum displays the culture and ritual practices of the various ethnic groups in the whole of Vietnam - one of the key attractions of the museum is the open-air exhibition, which has houses of some ethnic groups. The museum is listed in the top places to see to our customers of motorbike tours in Vietnam.
08:30 – 17:30 Closed on Monday and Lunar New Year Festival
Nguyen Van Huyen st, Admission fee 25,000 VND

Museum of Vietnamese Revolution: This museum gives a very informed and detailed account of the Vietnamese struggle against the French (starting in 1858 -- on the first floor), the Americans (on the ground floor - ending on 30 April 1975) 
Open time: 08:00-11:30/13:00-16:00. Closed on Monday
25 Tong Dan st, Admission 15,000 VND

Vietnam Women Museum: The museum was reopened in 2010 after a period of 4 years of renovations. The museum has three main galleries and these present three main themes: Women in Family, Women in History and Women’s Fashion.
08:00 – 17:00  Open all days of week
36 Ly Thuong Kiet st, Admission fee 20,000 VND

Now, do not waste your time more, you can plan yourself to visit these museum before or after our Vietnam motorcycle tours.