Museum Of Revolution

In December 1954, two months after it took over Hà Nội from the French, the revolutionary Government decided to build the Museum of Revolution. Objects were collected throughout the North, and on 6th January 1959, Việt Nam’s Museum of Revolution was officially opened.

The museum used to be the Service of Trade whose front side is on Trần Quang Khải Street, and back side on Tông Đản Street. The former building was turned into 29 rooms for displaying over 40,000 objects. The first room is dedicated to a general introduction of the country and people of Việt Nam while the last room displays the evidence of the solidarity between Việt Nam and the world.

Vietnam Museum of Revolution

The rest of the museum is designed for displaying the objects related to the Vietnamese’s struggle against French colonialism, Japanese fascism, and American imperialism from the mid-19th century until 1975.

The collection includes the memorabilia on the revolutionary career of Uncle HỒ and other revolutionaries; the Communist Party’s magazines and newspapers, including the rare and valuable publications of the period between 1920 and 1945; the country’s different flags, including the Party’s flag in 1930, the red flag with a yellow star in 1941; weapons, including the knives used'by the Nghệ An Red Guard in 1930, the rifles used by the Bắc Sơn guerillas in 1941, the crossbows used by the people in Trà Bồng (Quảng Ngãi province) during their insurrection in 1958, and a rocket pad used to down US B52 bombers in Hà Nội in December 1972.

Hà Nội Past and Present Nguyen Vinh Phuc - The Gioi Publishers