War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City

A museum dedicated to war artifacts. Formerly called the "War Crimes Museum". Its name was changed to the more politically correct "war remmants museum. It basically tells a one sided story of the war from the communists' perspective. The message is communist good, America bad. Still the old equipment is worth a look.

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The War Remnants Museum was opened to the public on September 4, 1975 – less than 5 months after the fall of South Vietnam… The museum was formerly known as the “Museum of American War Crimes”, but with the normalization of relations with the United States, the name was changed to its current name in 1993. The museum is a major tourist attraction and has more than 400000 visitors per year.

The museum contains exhibitions related to the American phase of the Vietnam War. The exhibitions are housed in several buildings and the themes are: “Historical Truths”, “Requiem” - (a photo collection taken by war reporters killed during the Vietnam War), “Vestiges of War Crimes”, “Imprisonment System” - (including a model of the Tiger Cages), “Vietnam – War and Peace” - ( a photo collection), “International Support”, “War and Peace” - (a collection of children's paintings) and in the museum yard you’ll find an exhibition of weapon used in the Vietnam War (tanks, planes, missiles, helicopters and more).

It is not a museum for everyone – gruesome photos of the My Lai massacre and of victims of napalm bombs and Agent Orange…

The War Remnants Museum is an austere concrete building containing some detritus and other graphic depictions of the American-Vietnam war. Many of the photographs will distress viewers.

Aside from the exhibition rooms there is quite a bit of military hardware on display, including a fighter jet, helicopter, long-barrelled canon and various tanks.

One of the most interesting areas of the Museum is dedicated to the French guillotine sent to Vietnam in 1911 and a model of the infamous tiger cages in which prisoners were tortured.

Open daily from 8am to 11.45am and 1.30pm to 4.45pm.

Entry fee is VND 10,000.

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War Remnants Museum opened its doors in 1975. The ugly truths about war shown in pictures exhibited, hit you sharply. You see how much suffering has taken place through the eyes (cameras) of foreigners witnessing Vietnam war. It is very hard to hold yourself not to cry when war crimes are shown in one exhibition section. We left the museum with my wife deeply saddened and we felt more connected to Vietnamese people learning more about their history. In a world where we seek peace globally, this museum shows how ugly things can get during war. Openinhg hours are 7:30 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:00 everyday. Admission fee is 15000 Dong or 1 USD.

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War Remnants Museum was opened to the public in September, 1975 till today and display the war against and post-war effects against the Vietnamese people. This places includes many artifacts and pictures that will shock you to your core. I say that this is a must visit place when you are here.

The museum is open from 7.30am-12.00pm and 1.30pm-5pm. Last admission is 4.30pm.

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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.

The War Remnants Museum was established in September 1975 in Ho Chi Minh City. It contains countless artifacts, photographs, and pictures documenting American war crimes.
Such documents illustrate the killing of civilians, spreading of chemicals, torturing of prisoners, and the effects of the war on the north. Planes, tanks, bombs, and helicopters are also on display. Outside the museum are some rooms displaying cultural products of Vietnam. Over the last 20 years, over 6 million visitors entered the museum. Among this number, nearly 1 million were foreign visitors, including American tourists.

Extra informations.
Entrance Ticket : 15,000 VND

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Probably the most frequently visited museum in HCMC, the War Remnants Museum is a great place to wander around. It was opened to the public in September, 1975 and shows exhibits on the after effects of war crimes against the Vietnamese people. It has 8 permanent exhibitions as well as other collections and these include: Historical Truths (causes, origins and processes of agressive wars), "Requiem" (a collection of photos taken by 134 war reporters, killed during the Vietnam War), Vestiges of war crimes and aftermaths, the Imprisonment System (showing detention camps, prisons and torturing methods), Photo collections of two Japanese reporters, International support for the Vietnamese people in their resistance war, "War and Peace" (a children's painting collection) and U.S. state of the art weaponry used in the Vietnam War.
The museum is open from 7.30am-12.00pm and 1.30pm-5pm. Last admission is 4.30pm.