Khmer Cultural Museum

The Khmer Cultural Museum in Tra Vinh City, Vinh Long Province, is a specialized museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the culture of the Khmer ethnic group in the Mekong Delta. Established in 1995, it houses over 800 artifacts, documents, and models related to Khmer spiritual life, festivals, architecture, costumes, and traditional musical instruments.

Visitors can expect a single-storey museum complex combining exhibition halls and open-air displays. Inside, galleries display traditional Khmer costumes, masks, musical instruments, religious statues, manuscripts, and tools. Outside, there are life-size models of traditional Khmer stilt houses, a temple gate, and festival scenes including Ok Om Bok. The setting is quiet and park-like, with explanatory panels in Vietnamese and English.

Established in 1995 and opened to the public in 1997, the museum was created to collect, preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Khmer community in Tra Vinh, one of the provinces with the largest Khmer population in southern Vietnam. It documents the history and traditions of Khmer settlement in the Mekong Delta.

The museum is an important center for understanding Khmer culture in the Mekong Delta, showcasing Theravada Buddhist traditions, traditional architecture, performing arts, and major festivals such as Chol Chnam Thmay, Sene Dolta and Ok Om Bok. It serves as an educational resource for the Khmer community and visitors.