Museums in Ho Chi Minh City

This museum celebrates the role of Vietnamese women throughout history, from ancient queens and warriors to modern activists. Located in District 3.

The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts occupies a striking 1929 colonial-era building designed by French architect Rivera. The three-story museum showcases Vietnamese art from ancient Cham sculptures to contemporary works.

The War Remnants Museum is one of Vietnam's most visited museums, documenting the devastating impact of the Vietnam War. Located in District 3, it houses over 20,000 original documents, artifacts, and photographs across multiple exhibition halls.

Vietnam's foremost history museum with Champa sculptures, Khmer artefacts, and dynastic exhibits..

Housed in the elegant former Gia Long Palace (1885–1890), the museum chronicles the city's evolution from a Khmer fishing village through French colonization to modern metropolis.

The Southern Women's Museum in District 3 focuses on contributions of women in southern Vietnam, particularly during the resistance wars.

AO Show is a contemporary Vietnamese circus-arts performance staged at the historic Saigon Opera House. The show blends acrobatics, martial arts, dance, and live bamboo-instrument music.

A colonial-era yellow building housing Vietnamese lacquer art, silk paintings, and sculptures..

FITO is Vietnam's first museum dedicated to traditional medicine, housed in a five-story building in District 10. The collection spans 3,000 items tracing 5,000 years of Vietnamese medicinal heritage.

Museum dedicated to Vietnam's iconic national dress, with antique and contemporary Ao Dai gowns..