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100th anniversary of Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities celebrated

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre held a ceremony on August 24 celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities.
100th anniversary of Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities celebrated ảnh 1A golden book from the Nguyen Dynasty (Photo: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The HueMonuments Conservation Centre held a ceremony on August 24 celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities.

As one of the museums earliest founded in Vietnam, it isnow home to thousands of valuable artifacts from the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) and severalunique Champa sculptures.

Director of the centre Hoang Viet Trung said the museum iscurrently preserving and displaying over 11,000 artifacts, among which eight setsof artifacts comprising 33 individual pieces have been recognised by the PrimeMinister as national treasures.

The main exhibition area of the museum is located in theLong An Palace, providing visitors with an overview of the royal life duringthe Nguyen Dynasty, he added.

On the occasion, the centre in collaboration withthe National Museum of History held an exhibition featuring 100 exemplaryartifacts from the reign of King Khai Dinh./.

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