Museum of Folk Culture Bảo tàng Văn hóa Dân gian
Folk culture in a house through to the river
A 57-metre merchant house at 33 Nguyễn Thái Học that runs through to Bạch Đằng on the river. Upstairs, 490 objects cover folk art, performance, traditional trades, and daily life; downstairs, the same crafts are demonstrated. Give it a museum hour. The house itself is half the visit.
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The wooden front of the Museum of Folk Culture
Photo: Shoestring · Public domain
The museum is the old house at 33 Nguyễn Thái Học, 57 metres long and 9 metres wide, two floors with a wooden upper storey, opening onto both Nguyễn Thái Học and Bạch Đằng. It opened to visitors on 24 March 2005.
Photo: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0
Upstairs, 490 objects cover four themes: folk visual art, folk performance, traditional trades, and daily life. Downstairs, the same crafts are demonstrated. Oil lamps, tools, and the performances are the visit; the house is the container.
It is open every day except the 20th of the month. Entry is part of the old-town ticket.
Getting there and around
Walk to 33 Nguyễn Thái Học, the street closer to the river than Trần Phú. The house also opens onto Bạch Đằng.
If the night is by the old town, search Old Town hotels.
From the old town
Walk to 33 Nguyễn Thái Học, the street closer to the river than Trần Phú.
Hours and fees
- Hours
Check on arrival
- Closed
Closed on the 20th of each month.
- Admission
No separate price for this building. From 10 Aug 2026: 20,000 VND per person per building, the same for every visitor (Da Nang Resolution 98/2026). Heritage centre notices of 26 Jan and 16 Mar 2026: 80,000 VND (streetscape, Chùa Cầu or Miếu Quan Công, and two other works) or 120,000 VND (adds a museum and three other works), usable through a stay of up to three days. A May 2026 article counts those as four and six works. Ask at the booth which ticket is on sale.
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