On July 06/7/2022, 1578/ the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 53QD-UBND authorizing non-public museum activities at No. 53 Ham Nghi, Phuoc Vinh Ward, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province, with the name: Cecile Le Pham Fine Arts Museum. 

This is a non-public museum, the owner is Mrs. Cecile Le Pham (French overseas Vietnamese), a collector who owns thousands of antiques and artworks, including many antiques of Hue Court. Mrs. Cecile Le Pham said: "I went to Ham Nghi emperor's tomb, the tombs of the princesses because I admired him so much. In Hue, I live on Ham Nghi Street, but there is nothing here for him so I want to make a museum to talk about the patriotic king against the French and exiled too soon. "
 

Each artifact and collection is stored and displayed at the Cecile Le Pham Museum of Fine Arts in association with each story of the process of collecting and bringing back to store, preserve, display, launch and serve the public to enjoy the exhibition at the Museum.

The owner of the museum, Mrs. Cécile Le Pham, is a heavy-hearted businesswoman who, more than 30 years ago, traveled from France to Vietnam with the desire to contribute to the country's economic and social development and do volunteer work. She has traveled to many parts of the country and countries around the world and noticed that Vietnam's antiquities are lost in many places. From there, she collected, the first idea was to avoid the antiquities falling into the hands of foreign traders. 30 years of collection and storage has become a treasure trove of artistic inspiration from statues, wood, fabric, bronze, jade, books, ancient scriptures, documents, blue furniture, stretching on the road from Sri Lanka, Japan, China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia... and of course from Vietnam as well as in her own homeland: France.

Appreciating the land her hometown has welcomed her back, Cecile wants to bring the artifacts she has been looking for decades, to return to her homeland of Vietnam, to share the experiences she has had when researching and collecting artifacts as well as artifacts to find people who know their value. And she chose  Hue as the place to hand over and send the hearts of the overseas Vietnamese; In order for Hue to keep the treasures of history, of its civilization, as well as the civilizations where Mrs. Cecile has set foot. To give current and future generations the opportunity to learn about the culture and art of Vietnam and other countries in the world.

“I want to establish my museum in Hue because this is a city with the depth of ancient culture, containing many typical legacies of the Nguyen Dynasty. I am very happy and joyful to bring many precious artifacts to Hue, and at the same time see myself as assigned to the "fate" responsible for preserving the artifacts of the ancient people. My wish is that without going far, young people, and students in Hue can admire artifacts collected from many parts of the world, thereby nurturing their passion and respect for cultural heritage, especially Hue culture. ” Mrs. Cecile Le Pham shared.
 

Cecile Le Pham Museum of Fine Arts display space includes inside the 2-floor building and outside the garden with an area of about 400m2. The museum exhibits and introduces to the domestic public and international friends the typical collections of culture, history and fine arts of Vietnam and other countries in the world.

Exquisite Phap Lam artifacts at the exhibition space on the first floor at the Cecile Le Pham Museum of Fine Arts

The first-floor space of the Museum exhibits the theme: French art and Collection of decorative items of Vietnam, Japan and France. The exhibition showcases nearly 200 handicraft artifacts from Vietnam, China, Japan and France crafted in the late 19,th and early 20,th centuries, mainly decorations, altars, household appliances made of stone, copper, wood, paper, cloth, ceramics, and Phap Lam (painted enamels). with sophisticated craftsmanship techniques, with many unique aesthetic and artistic values.

Asian Buddhist art space at Cecile Le Pham Museum of Fine Arts

The 2nd-floor space exhibits the theme: East Asian Buddhist art -  multidimensional approaches. This is the main exhibition of the Museum; introducing to the public precious materials about the history, culture, and art of Buddhist sculpture. With more than 100 Buddhist sculptures and a number of Han Nom documents of the Nguyen Dynasty, it sketches the history of Vietnamese Buddhist art with Southeast Asian countries and also the contact and exchange with different cultures from East to West, showing many typical styles and Buddhist artistic identities of many Asian countries with copper, silver, jade, wood, pottery, etc. it shows the longevity and vitality of Buddhism through the stages. The artifacts also reflect the special position of Buddhism in the cultural and spiritual life of the Hue people.

Located on the grounds of Le Domaine de Cocodo Hotel (53 Ham Nghi, Phuoc Vinh Ward, Hue City), Cecile Le Pham Museum of Fine Arts owns a beautiful, spacious space (2.000m2) and is quite special, located in the middle of the road named after the Patriotic Emperor: Ham Nghi. The museum is open with the hope of being a unique and attractive cultural destination for the domestic and foreign public to visit, explore cultural history, East-West cultural exchange process and interact, experience activities related to culture and art, aesthetic development activities, and painting for students.