Kien Giang Museum – a destination not to be missed when traveling to the Southwest region, is a place to store and display valuable artifacts about the history, culture and people of Kien Giang. Located in the center of Rach Gia city, the museum is not only a place to explore the heroic past of this land but also an ideal destination for those who love learning about culture and history. Join Ha Tien Vegas to learn interesting stories and unique artifacts at Kien Giang Museum, which brings you a journey full of inspiration and knowledge.
1. Overview of Kien Giang Museum
Kien Giang Museum is a famous relic in this locality with ancient beauty. Similar to Nguyen Trung Truc Communal House, Kien Giang Museum is an ancient architectural work in the beautiful Rach Gia City. Currently, Kien Giang Museum Relics is located at address 27, Nguyen Van Troi street, Vinh Thanh Van ward. This is one of the ancient buildings with beautiful architecture still preserved today in Rach Gia City.
After a long construction period, this building was inaugurated in 1920 with a large campus, up to 2000 square meters. In addition, this architecture is also impressive by its ancient style, the outside is built in the style of a box house, decorated with Western patterns.
This project was designed and built meticulously and meticulously. The owner of the house at that time had to go out of his way to invite a team of builders and carpenters from Saigon – Gia Dinh to take charge of the project. Besides, they also invited good carvers from the North as well as brought many typical construction materials from the East to serve the construction of the house.
Looking from the outside, you will be impressed by the building’s Western-style architecture. However, when you step into the building, you will be overwhelmed by the meticulously decorated interior space. Along with that, delicately carved decorative panels following Asian patterns are also a highlight of this house.
2. Instructions on how to get to Kien Giang Museum Relics
Kien Giang Museum is located in the central area of Rach Gia City so it is quite convenient to find. Almost everyone in this city knows exactly where Kien Giang Museum is located. Starting from Rach Gia Church, you go right and move to the intersection with Vo Thi Sau street. Here, you turn right onto Vo Thi Sau and go straight. Then, you turn left onto Mac Cuu Street. Moving a short distance, you continue to turn left onto Tran Phu street. After that, you continue for a while through Ha Tien – Rach Gia canal and then turn right onto Nguyen Van Troi. Travel a short distance and you will reach Kien Giang Museum.
3. Special features of Kien Giang Museum Relics
3.1 Decorative style of Kien Giang Museum Relics
Kien Giang Museum is currently ranked as a National Architectural and Artistic Monument. The space inside this monument is exquisitely and meticulously decorated with many different themes. The main decorative themes of this house’s interior focus on folk life with all kinds of decorative patterns. The patterns are inspired by many tree species such as pine, bamboo, chrysanthemum, apricot and the winding lines of many beautiful vines. In addition, you can find images of all kinds of species such as bats, peacocks, phoenixes, pheasants or deer on decorative motifs and patterns. Besides, this place also has motifs of fruits such as grapes, pomegranates, papayas… with the meaning of bringing harmony, luck, and completeness that the homeowner wants to find.
3.2 Topics displayed at Kien Giang Museum
Kien Giang Museum Relics is currently displaying 6 themes including: Kien Giang – Land, people; Oc Eo culture in Kien Giang province; Mac family with the work of exploring Ha Tien City; National hero Nguyen Trung Truc; The army and people of Kien Giang experienced two resistance wars against the French and Americans; Artifacts were salvaged in Kien Giang waters. These topics are delicately and skillfully arranged and displayed, creating an extremely elegant space for the Kien Giang Museum Relics.
Among those topics, there are many items on display that are attractive and attract tourists. One of the most attractive topics at the museum is Oc Eo Culture in Kien Giang province. This topic possesses rare artifacts with important cultural and historical value for Kien Giang land, carefully arranged. The items and artifacts here contribute to creating unique highlights for the topics displayed in the museum.
4. Some notes when visiting Kien Giang Museum
After finding out information about museums in Kien Giang, to have a memorable sightseeing experience, you need to clearly understand the following notes. Specifically:
- Visitors should choose historical, discreet costumes to the museum.
- During the visit, you should not arbitrarily touch the artifacts and utensils on display.
- Absolutely do not arbitrarily litter within the museum grounds.
- Tourists should not play or let children run and jump in the museum because this may affect other people or collide with artifacts.
Kien Giang Museum Relics is a cultural destination with impressive architecture and many different cultural themes that attract tourists to visit. If you have an endless passion for exploring culture and history, you should immediately save this destination in your travel guide to visit when you have the opportunity to return to Rach Gia, Kien Giang.
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