Vietnam National Museum of Nature

The Vietnam National Museum of Nature is housed within the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology at 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay district, Hanoi. Nearly 1,400 specimens are shown on a modest area of more than 300 square meters, yet it generalizes the history of life and ecology in Vietnam over 3.6 billion years.

There are 1,400 objects on display that describe the life cycles of animals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and plants that existed in Vietnam millions of years ago and were recently unearthed. The museum, which opened in 2014, is an excellent resource for learning about Vietnam’s flora and animals. The Vietnam National Museum of Nature takes tourists on a journey through time to classify ancient species.

The exhibition on the history of life offers highly attractive to the eyes light and hues. Fossils from the pre-Cambrian period (4,500 to 541 million years ago), the Mesozoic (541 to 252 million years ago), the Mesozoic (252 to 66 million years ago), and the Great Neoplasm are on display (66 million years to present day).

Exact bone examples of frogs, carp, king cobras, tigers, ostriches, and pig-tailed monkeys are displayed in the animal exhibition. The collection of insect exhibits at the Vietnam National Museum is the largest of its kind in Vietnam. The insects are categorized as beetles, dragonflies, cicadas, mantises, and stick insects.

Visitors to the Vietnam National Museum of Nature can learn how to create specimens, paint creatures, and view 3D films depicting the evolution of people, fish, dinosaurs, and insects, as well as the universe and the ocean.

Thursday through Sunday, the Vietnam National Museum of Nature is free to enter.