Efforts are being made by HCM City authorities to upgrade museums andenlarge them to satisfy both local and foreign researchers and visitors.
When the city's Fine Arts Museum opened its newexhibition room in April, it was the first time in more than 20 years ofoperation that the museum had been expanded by nearly 1,500sq.m.
The new exhibition room, which is adjacent to the museum building,displays nearly 300 artworks selected from a collection of 1,400paintings, sketches and sculptures created by southern artists during2006-10.
Founded in 1987, the Fine Arts Museum at97A Pho Duc Chinh Street in District 1 has a huge collection ofclassical and contemporary artworks by renowned Vietnamese and foreignartists.
Art exhibitions are organised at the museum every month, attracting a great number of art lovers.
HCM City's War Remnants Museum recently opened a new room to displayphotos featuring the deadly effects of Agent Orange, a toxic chemicalsprayed on southern Vietnam's jungles during the American War by the USmilitary.
The museum is the only one of its kind inthe country that is a member of the World Peace Museum network. It islisted in tourist guidebooks and is a regular destination for a largenumber of foreign visitors.
At visitors' requests,the museum each year has organised many interactive meetings betweentourists and war victims who witnessed fighting in the southernprovinces during the American War.
Exhibits at theMuseum of History have recently been re-arranged to help visitors easilyunderstand the entire history of Vietnam.
Themuseum last year opened two new rooms, one of which displays 400artefacts of the ancient Oc Eo culture, one of Vietnam's earliest knowncivilisations.
"A great number of valuable art worksand ancient relics are kept at the city's museums," said Nguyen Thi Haiwho visited the Museum of History recently.
"However, museums need to change the arrangement of their exhibits tomake them more attractive to visitors," Hai said, adding she and manyvisitors could not see the special characteristics of a century-old boatdisplayed at the museum. "The ancient boat is inside a glass chest butthe place was too dark," she said.
Nguyen Thu Huyen,director of the History Museum said: "Museums lack curators and exhibitdesigners that have specific knowledge of artworks and ancient relics.Despite our efforts to upgrade facilities, we lack funds to buy moderntechnology."
According to Nguyen Van Huy, deputydirector of the city's Culture Heritage Research Centre, museumofficials need more training that could help them become as professionalas their peers in other countries. /.
When the city's Fine Arts Museum opened its newexhibition room in April, it was the first time in more than 20 years ofoperation that the museum had been expanded by nearly 1,500sq.m.
The new exhibition room, which is adjacent to the museum building,displays nearly 300 artworks selected from a collection of 1,400paintings, sketches and sculptures created by southern artists during2006-10.
Founded in 1987, the Fine Arts Museum at97A Pho Duc Chinh Street in District 1 has a huge collection ofclassical and contemporary artworks by renowned Vietnamese and foreignartists.
Art exhibitions are organised at the museum every month, attracting a great number of art lovers.
HCM City's War Remnants Museum recently opened a new room to displayphotos featuring the deadly effects of Agent Orange, a toxic chemicalsprayed on southern Vietnam's jungles during the American War by the USmilitary.
The museum is the only one of its kind inthe country that is a member of the World Peace Museum network. It islisted in tourist guidebooks and is a regular destination for a largenumber of foreign visitors.
At visitors' requests,the museum each year has organised many interactive meetings betweentourists and war victims who witnessed fighting in the southernprovinces during the American War.
Exhibits at theMuseum of History have recently been re-arranged to help visitors easilyunderstand the entire history of Vietnam.
Themuseum last year opened two new rooms, one of which displays 400artefacts of the ancient Oc Eo culture, one of Vietnam's earliest knowncivilisations.
"A great number of valuable art worksand ancient relics are kept at the city's museums," said Nguyen Thi Haiwho visited the Museum of History recently.
"However, museums need to change the arrangement of their exhibits tomake them more attractive to visitors," Hai said, adding she and manyvisitors could not see the special characteristics of a century-old boatdisplayed at the museum. "The ancient boat is inside a glass chest butthe place was too dark," she said.
Nguyen Thu Huyen,director of the History Museum said: "Museums lack curators and exhibitdesigners that have specific knowledge of artworks and ancient relics.Despite our efforts to upgrade facilities, we lack funds to buy moderntechnology."
According to Nguyen Van Huy, deputydirector of the city's Culture Heritage Research Centre, museumofficials need more training that could help them become as professionalas their peers in other countries. /.
