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General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum
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General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum in Hue
General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum, located at 144 Dang Thai Than, Thuan Hoa Ward, Hue City, is the fourth non-public museum in Thua Thien Hue province.
General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum in Hue
Address: 144 Dang Thai Than, Thuan Hoa Ward, Hue City
Opening Time: Daily, except Monday
Status: Active

Introduction:

In recognition of General Nguyen Chi Thanh's great contributions to his homeland and country, and at the same time promoting the value of cultural heritage, developing the system of museums in Thua Thien Hue province, on June 2, 2022, the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province issued Decision No. 1325/QD-UBND on allowing the operation of the Non-public Museum - General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum at 144 Dang Thai Than Street, Thuan Hoa Ward, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province. 

General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum, located at 144 Dang Thai Than, Thuan Hoa Ward, Hue City, is the fourth non-public museum in Thua Thien Hue Province. On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the death of General Nguyen Chi Thanh (July 6, 1967 - July 6, 2022), the Museum has officially come into operation and opened to serve visitors. 

General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum was established to honor and pay tribute to the efforts of the previous revolutionaries and General Nguyen Chi Thanh for his contributions to the revolutionary cause of Thua Thien Hue in particular and the Vietnamese revolution in general, thereby propagating and educating the traditional history to the people, the armed forces, students and tourists when coming to Thua Thien Hue.

History:

Along with the formation and construction of the General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum in Hanoi (licensed by Hanoi People's Committee No. 5764/QD-UBND dated December 30, 2020), in 2021, General Nguyen Chi Thanh's family invited experts, scientists, and the help of the Department of Culture and Sports of Thua Thien Hue province to develop a scheme and outline to display the General Museum at 144 Dang Thai Than - Hue city based on the General Memorial Hall built in 2011 with the architecture of the old Hue architecture.

On March 31, 2022: the Standing Party Committee of Thua Thien Hue province issued Conclusion No. 425-KL/TU agreeing with the proposal of General Nguyen Chi Thanh's family on the establishment of the General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum in Thua Thien Hue and the exhibits proposed by the Museum.

May 26, 2022: The Appraisal Council of Thua Thien Hue Department of Culture and Sports met and agreed to request the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province to license the operation of General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum in the form of a non-public museum.

June 2, 2022: The People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province issued Decision No. 1325/QD-UBND allowing non-public museum activities at 144 Dang Thai Than, Thuan Hoa Ward, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue province, with the name: General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum.

Highlight:

Mr. Pham Van Phi - Director of General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum said: General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum has a total area of 650m2, in which: gallery area, reading and discussion room 300m2, office area 100m2, garden area, outdoor display 200m2, storage area 50m2...

“General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum was established to sketch a part of General Nguyen Chi Thanh's life with the desire to inspire the public and especially the young generation, to think about him, his revolutionary spirit and morality as experiences to add strength to current and future lives” - Mr. Pham Van Phi added

General Nguyen Chi Thanh (1914 - 1967) was born in Niem Pho village, Quang Tho commune, Quang Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province. More than 30 years of continuous and extremely lively revolutionary activities, he was considered the soul of the resistance war against the French colonialists of the three provinces of Binh Tri Thien; At the same time, He was also famous for the motto "Hold the enemy belt to fight" - one of the great tactics in the history of the people's war in Vietnam. He was repeatedly detained by the French colonialists in harsh prisons such as Lao Thua Phu (Thua Thien Hue), Lao Bao prison (Quang Tri), Buon Me Thuot prison (Dak Lak), and was brutally tortured. However, under any circumstances, he kept the atmosphere of the courageous and faithful communist who tried to escape from prison to build the revolutionary movement. He has been assigned many important positions and responsibilities by the Party: Secretary of Trung Ky Party Committee, Secretary of Thua Thien Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Binh Tri Thien Party Committee, Secretary of the Inter-regional Party Committee of Zone IV, Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Southern Department, Secretary of the Southern Military Committee - Political Committee of the Liberation Army, General Director of the Vietnam People's Army, Chairman of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Committee, Head of the Central Committee of Agriculture, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Politburo. In any position of work, Mr. Nguyen Chi Thanh is always resolute, dynamic, and excellently completes the task. At the same time, made right decisions during the most difficult times of the revolution.
With nearly 400 documents, images, and artifacts designed to be exhibited according to the outline of the life and revolutionary activities of General Nguyen Chi Thanh; the important contributions of the General to the Thua Thien Hue revolution in particular and the country in general through two wars of resistance against the French, against the US, to save the country and the construction of socialism in the North. The main display topics include Homeland, family, the process of participating in the revolution, the important milestones of General Nguyen Chi Thanh and the gratitude that his family, homeland and country have for him.

The documents and images are elaborately presented on new, solemn and sustainable display materials with many applications of interactive hearing and seeing technology through touch screens and documentaries of high historical value. Many images, documents and artifacts were first displayed and introduced to the public, such as General Nguyen Chi Thanh's writings and speeches on military construction, anti-individualism, agriculture, and rural areas.

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"The inauguration of General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum and a system of relics related to General Nguyen Chi Thanh in Thua Thien Hue will become attractive places for sightseeing and tourism, a place for traditional education, raising patriotism and revolutionary spirit for all generations; at the same time, concretizing the viewpoint of building and developing Thua Thien Hue province into a centrally run city. based on preserving and promoting the values of Hue's ancient heritage and cultural identity, with the characteristics of culture, heritage, ecology, environmentally friendly and intelligent landscapes according to the content of Resolution No. 54-NQ/TW dated December 10, 2019, of the Politburo" - Speech of Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong - Chairman of the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province at the inauguration ceremony of General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum on July 2, 2022.

Currently, the Museum is open freely from Tuesday - Thursday every week (from 08:00- to 11:30 and 14:00- to 16:10); Particularly from Friday to Sunday, the afternoon time to visit the Museum is extended from 14:00 to 20:00 for the convenience of the people, and visitors when visiting at Hue Royal Night Street.

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