Museum of Cultures of Vietnam's Ethnic Groups

The Museum of Cultures of Vietnam's Ethnic Groups is a major ethnographic museum located in Thai Nguyen City, Thai Nguyen Province, northern Vietnam. Established in 1960, it showcases the cultural heritage of Vietnam's 54 officially recognized ethnic groups through indoor exhibitions and an extensive outdoor display area. Notable for its comprehensive collections of costumes, tools, houses, and rituals, it serves as a national center for research, preservation, and education on ethnic diversity.

Visitors can expect a large museum complex with five indoor exhibition halls organized by ethnolinguistic groups and a spacious outdoor area displaying traditional houses on stilts, communal houses, and architectural models at full scale. Indoor galleries present costumes, jewelry, agricultural tools, musical instruments, religious objects, and photographs with bilingual Vietnamese-English labels. The grounds are landscaped with paths connecting the outdoor houses, allowing visitors to walk through and view interiors and construction styles.