Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam

The life, homes and rituals of 54 ethnic groups, full size

⚠ Closed Mondays

Hours

Tue–Sun 8:30am–5:30pm; closed Mondays and over Tet

Tickets

40,000 VND adults, discounts for students and children; some sources mention a camera fee, so check on site

Address

Nguyen Van Huyen Street, about 7–8 km west of Hoan Kiem

A national museum gathering the clothes, tools, weddings and funerary customs of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. The drum-shaped main hall holds silver-studded highland costumes, a bicycle stacked high with fish traps and a buffalo cart. The real draw is the garden behind, where full-size traditional houses stand to be climbed: a Ba Na communal house with a roof over 19 metres tall, a long house on stilts, Gia Rai tomb carvings. It's less famous than the lakeside sights, but it keeps turning up as people's one museum pick in Hanoi.