Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam | |
Entrance to the museum's "Bronze Drum" building | |
| Established | 12 November 1997 |
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| Location | Nguyễn Văn Huyên Road, Cầu Giấy District, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 21°02′26″N 105°47′55″E / 21.0406°N 105.7987°E |
| Collection size | 30,000 objects |
| Visitors | 500,000 annually |
| Director | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Nhật Quang |
| Website | vme.org.vn |
| Area | 2,000 m2 (21,500 sq ft) (permanent exhibition) |
| 20,000 m2 (215,300 sq ft) (open-air exhibition) | |
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam; French: Musée d'ethnographie du Viêt Nam) is a museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, which focuses on the 54 officially recognised ethnic groups in Vietnam. It is located on a 43,799-square-metre (10.823-acre) property in the Cầu Giấy District, about 8 km from the city center. The museum is a member of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, an academic institution of the Vietnamese government.
A second exhibition building was open in 2013 and has a focus on Southeast Asian cultures and peoples.