Ethnology Museum receives TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

TripAdvisor – the world's largest travel site – recently presented its prestigious Certificate of Excellence Award to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology for hospitality excellence.

Only establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on TripAdvisor are conferred this accolade. Based on more than 1,500 reviews by travellers on the TripAdvisor website, the museum maintained an overall rating of four or higher, out of a possible five.

Museum director Vo Quang Trong on May 21 said the museum is honoured to have received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the third consecutive year in a row.

Since early this year, the museum has welcomed an estimated 200,000 visitors, 40% of whom were international travellers. 

Established in Hanoi in 1997, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology has served as a research centre and a public museum with a mission to collect, document, preserve and exhibit the cultural heritage of Vietnam ’s 54 ethnic groups.

The museum is preserving over 29,000 exhibits, including around 25,000 on Vietnamese ethnic communities that reflect every aspect of their tangible and intangible culture, fuelling national solidarity and pride, while raising awareness of equality between ethnic groups.

In addition to housing indoor and outdoor exhibitions, the museum will be the first of its kind in Vietnam to introduce culture from across Southeast Asia via a large display and performance space, which is currently under construction. 

The museum has welcomed millions of visitors thanks to the variety of activities it offers, such as cultural heritage preservation and traditional folk music performances. 

People visit not only for entertainment but also to study the history and multicultural identities of each ethnic group. 

The museum was cited among the most attractive tourist destinations in Hanoi for 2012 by the TripAdvisor.com tourism website.

In 2013, the museum was ranked sixth in the list of 25 most attractive museums in Asia. Since its establishment, the museum has been a highlight of Vietnam’s museum system and a prestigious cultural destination for visitors.

Source : dtinews[dot]vn