War Remnants Museum

Museum Quận 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

What to expect

The War Remnants Museum is a war museum that contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War. The museum comprises a series of themed rooms in several buildings, with period military equipment placed within a walled yard. The military equipment includes a UH-1 'Huey' helicopter, an F-5A fighter, a BLU-82 'Daisy Cutter' bomb, M48 Patton tank, an A-1 Skyraider attack bomber, and an A-37 Dragonfly attack bomber. One building reproduces the 'tiger cages' in which the South Vietnamese government kept political prisoners. Other exhibits include graphic photography, accompanied by a short text in English, Vietnamese and Japanese, covering the effects of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliant sprays, the use of napalm and phosphorus bombs, and war atrocities such as the My Lai massacre

Plan your family visit to the War Remnants Museum with these blog insights 👇

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the museum to learn about Vietnam’s history

Highlights: It’s a bleak place, but a highly recommended and important place to visit ✨

Visiting the War Remnants Museum, HCMC, with kids

This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the museum to learn about the history of Vietnam and the impact of the war on the Vietnamese population

Highlights: Our kids found the outdoor display area interactive and intriguing, with rocket-launchers, machine guns, tanks, attack helicopters and fighter jets on full display ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the War Remnants Museum, a must-do in Vietnam

Highlights: The kids enjoyed the military hardware and the parents appreciated the historical significance ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the War Remnants Museum and saw captured American tanks, camouflaged reconnaissance planes and a Huey helicopter. Inside, we looked at photos of families fleeing from US attacks and chilling casualty charts

Highlights: The kids learnt first-hand that there’s nothing glorious about war. They were startled by the 'tiger cages' - wire cages no bigger than coffins - used by the Americans to imprison Viet Cong captives ✨