Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts

Why go

The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts (Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) was established by a city decision in 1987 and opened to visitors at the end of May 1989, according to its visit page, which gives its address as 97A Phó Đức Chính. The page says it holds more than 22,000 objects in two main fields, ancient and early-modern art and modern art, including works by painters of the Indochina and Gia Định schools and by artists such as Nguyễn Gia Trí and Nguyễn Sáng; its collection page lists two works it marks as national treasures. The museum's visitor rules ask for neat dress, no touching of objects and no food or drink in the galleries; visitors who want a guided commentary ask the duty guide in building 1 or at the ticket counter, and filming or photography for services must be registered at the ticket counter for a fee, phones being allowed for souvenir recording. This record is the museum, not the city's University of Fine Arts or the national fine arts museum in Hanoi.