History Museum Bảo tàng Lịch sử
Galleries at 2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm
History museum at 2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm: walk the galleries Tuesday to Sunday, 8:00–11:30 and 13:00–17:00. Monday is closed. From 1 October 2026 a visit is 60,000 đồng. A visit is also listed at 30,000 đồng. The zoo shares the street number.
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The main entrance and the name Bảo tàng Lịch sử
Photo: Daderot · CC0
The museum is at 2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, Phường Bến Nghé, Quận 1. The zoo, at the same street number, uses Phường Sài Gòn. The building you want has the tiled roof and the sign Bảo tàng Lịch sử over the steps. Come Tuesday to Sunday. The morning block is 8:00–11:30 and the afternoon block is 13:00–17:00.
Photo: Jacklee · CC BY-SA 3.0
A notice of 17 September 2026 sets 60,000 đồng a visit from 1 October 2026 for domestic and international guests, under Resolution 29/2026/NQ-HĐND of 27 August 2026. Children, pupils and students, people with especially severe disabilities, and members of poor or near-poor households are free. Several other categories pay half. Bring papers. A visit is also 30,000 đồng, with free entry for children under 6, people with especially severe disabilities, and poor households. The photograph is the front steps. The second frame is the pagoda-roofed block over a side entrance.
Getting there and around
The door is at 2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, beside Saigon Zoo, at the same street number in Phường Sài Gòn. From the cathedral square it is a ride.
If the night is in the centre, search centre hotels.
From the cathedral square
A ride to 2 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
With the zoo
The zoo and the museum share the street number. Do the museum on a Tuesday-to-Sunday morning or afternoon, and leave Monday for the gardens.
Hours and fees
- Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 8:00–11:30 and 13:00–17:00.
- Closed
Monday.
- Admission
From 1 October 2026, notice of 17 September 2026: 60,000 đồng a visit for domestic and international guests. Free: children, pupils and students, people with especially severe disabilities, and members of poor or near-poor households. Half price: cultural-benefit categories, seniors under the elderly law, people with severe disabilities, people with meritorious service, ethnic minorities in specially difficult communes, and people’s artisans and eminent artisans. Bring papers. A visit is also 30,000 đồng, with free entry for children under 6, people with especially severe disabilities, and poor households.
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