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I went to the War Remnants Musuem after spending half a day crawling inside the Cu Chi Tunnels. It was a good follow-up, not only did I listen to more propaganda, I got an opportunity to see the "American War" through the eyes of the locals.
Yes, I got to see gripping Pulitzer-prize winning photos, deformed babies preserved in formalin and other gory relics, including a French guillotine. Good thing I didn't have too heavy a lunch.
In any case, I was spell-bound, I heard much of the war yet I knew so little about it ! I have to admit that I was quite disturbed by all the images, so were many tourists, some of whom were shaking their head away in disbelief. There was one photo that caught my attention, a grim photo of a mother fleeing away from her enemies with her children. Leave a Comment Address: 28 Vo Van Tan St , District 3Phone: 08/829-0325
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Once known as the Museum of American and Chinese War Crimes, its name was changed so as not to offend American and Chinese tourists. Its theme, however, remains intact. Inside you can find "Some Pictures of US Imperialist's Aggressive War Crimes in Vietnam". Despite the rhetoric, this museum is the most popular museum in Saigon with western tourists. Along with many gruesome photographs, the museum displays US armoured vehicles, artillery pieces, bombs, infantry weapons and even a guillotine used by the French on pesky Viet Minh "troublemakers". There are pieces on the My Lai massacre and the napalm, Agent Orange and phosphorous bombs used on the Vietnamese. Though certainly not an unbiased representation of events in Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, the museum is nonetheless successful in driving home the fact that wars are brutal and that civilians are the biggest losers. Leave a Comment Directions: The museum is a three minute walk north-west of the Reunification Palace at 28 Vo Van Tan Street.
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See the Vietnamese side of the story and see American brutality in the war. I remembered a picture of an American GI cutting off the head of a Viet Cong soldier midway through and him in fits of laughter. Heart-wrenching pictures on the devastation of war. Absolutely depressing but relevating. This is also possibly one of the few museums in the world that allows you to take photos of the exhibits. Must do if you are in HCMC! (I have forgotten the entry fee, as I have lost the receipt) Leave a Comment Address: 28 Vo Van Tan
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This museum (once known as Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes) shows the Vietnam War from the other side.
There you can find many captured US weapons, from tanks to bombs, planes... There is also an exhibition of photos about the War, a real size model of some cells of concentration camps...
There are also remnants of the French Colonial era, like guillotines... Leave a Comment Address: Bao Tang Chun Tich Chien TranhDirections: In the area north of the Reunification Palace, some 15 minutes walking from the centre.
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The War Remnants Museum was formerly known as the Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes. Today, it is a museum frequent by Western tourists. Many of the atrocities not reported in the media can be found here.
At the museum, you will be greeted with lots of photo galleries, depicting the horrors of the war - not only the Vietnameses but also the Americans. It was heart-breaking to see the pain and tears the victims have to go through for this war.
When I was there, I saw many Americans taking their own time to read all the writings on the photographs. I could see their sadness in their eyes. This is a truly good educational tour - something that you would not read much about in your history textbooks. Leave a Comment Address: Bao Tang Chung Tich Chien TranhDirections: I won't suggest you to take a cab. It would at most cost less than USD2.
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Operated by the Vietnamese government, the museum was opened in September 1975 as the "The House for Displaying War Crimes of American Imperialism and the Puppet Government [of South Vietnam]." Later it was known as the Museum of American War Crimes, then as the War Crimes Museum until as recently as 1993. Its current name follows liberalization in Vietnam and the normalization of relations with the United States, but the museum does not attempt to be politically balanced.
Its exhibits speak for themselves, a distressing compendium of the horrors of modern warfare. Some of the perpetrators of these horrors are on display in the courtyard outside, including a 28-tonne howitzer, a ghoulish collection of bomb parts, and a renovated Douglas Skyraider plane. A series of halls present a grisly portfolio of photographs of mutilation, napalm burns and torture. One gallery details the effects of the 75 million litres of defoliant sprays dumped across the country, including hideously malformed foetuses preserved in pickling jars; another looks at international opposition to the war as well as the American peace movement. The museum rounds off with a grisly mock-up of the tiger cages, the prison cells of Con Son Island. There's a water puppetry theatre (daily 9-11am & 2-4pm; $2) opposite the souvenir shop. A minimum of five people are required for a performance.
The fact that the War Remnants Museum used to be known as the Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes is a good indication as to who the Vietnamese have chosen to portray as the bad guys in this exhibit. Although the recent name change will avoid offending Chinese and American tourists, the pamphlets passed out at the entrance pull no punches, warning stoically, "Some pictures of U.S. imperialists' aggressive war crimes in Vietnam."
Open daily : from 8am to 11:45am and 1.30pm to 4:45pm
Entry : VND10,000 Address: 28 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh CityPhone: (848) 829 0325Directions: 28 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh CityWebsite: www.tourism.hochiminhcity.gov.vn
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This museum featured some of the cruelest chapters in Vietnam War history. Everyone who enters the museum will utterly confuse of who is right & who is wrong when war is breaking out.
Be prepare for pictures that never been shown to public and bring along your own tissue papers. You might need them. Leave a Comment
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I didn't take many photos. There were so many shocking exhibits and photos here. Evidence of the effects of agent orange, jars of deformed feotuses, photos of atrocoties and other horrors of the Vietnam war. The courtyard has tanks, bombs, planes & helicopters. It's a sobering experience and records man's inhumanity to man. But I would say a must to visit whilst in Saigon. The photos from Robert Capa's last roll of film capture so much. He died in 1954 stepping on a land mine.
This museum was once known as the "Musuem of Amercian War Crimes". The name was changed to avoid offending Amercian tourists. Address: 28 Vo Van Tran StDirections: Open 7.30 am to 4.30 pm. Closed 12.00-.1.30 pm.
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There is a great number of photographs and a some additional exhibits illustrating 'Man's Inhumanity ' - the Son My (My Lai) massacre on 16 March 1968, and the effects of napalm and phosphorous. Of course you won't see any displays showing atrocities committed by the Viet Cong or North Vietnamese, they mainly show what Americans did. Leave a Comment Address: War Remnants Museum, Vo Van Tan Street
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The War Remnants museum (Nha Trung Bay Toi Ac Chien Tranh Xam) is definitely the must-see museum in Ho Chi Min, to learn a bit more about the atrocities commited in one of the bloodiest wars ever.
In the courtyard you can see several captured US planes, tanks and helicopters, as well as bombs, including the huge B52. Then there are two smaller pavillions, one explaining which foreign armies were in Vietnam and where they were located, and the other dedicated to the Vietnam peaace movements all over the world.
The rest of the museum, which is the main building exhibition and the torture chambers on the left, is a huge chamber of horrors... torture tools, people burned by napalm, deformed phoetuses, shocking photos and a replica of a prison cell. Definitely a tough visit...
The museum is open daily 7:30-11:45 and 1:30-5:15, and the price (2007) was 15000 dongs. Leave a Comment Address: 28 Vo Van Tan StPhone: 08/930-5587Directions: In the 3rd district
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