In Binh Di village, Giao Thinh commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province, there is a "Countryside Museum" built from the heart of a village teacher and her husband, a military general. This place currently preserves thousands of valuable historical artifacts, becoming a tourist attraction for many domestic and foreign tourists. "Countryside Museum" is seen as a thread connecting the past with the present and suggesting the future...
Located on a 6,000 square meter plot of land, the Countryside Museum basically recreates the rustic, rural life of the residents of the Northern Delta from the past to the present. The museum was established by teacher Ngo Thi Khieu, a native of Giao Thinh, and her husband, Major General Hoang Kien.
This is one of the largest private museums in the country, and is also the first museum displaying artifacts about the countryside in Vietnam.
In the outdoor space, visitors can learn about and admire the old houses in the Northern countryside through 3 models: Poor farmer family; Middle farmer family and Landlord family.
Daily household items of poor peasants and landlords are displayed in the museum.
The old landlord's house has a 5-room design, a large yard, and was originally purchased from a family in Giao Thinh commune with full furniture: tea cabinets, mahogany beds, chests, trays, sofas, etc.
The architecture of the gateway is also meticulously restored in the style of the 1940s.
The indoor exhibition area is arranged in a four-story building located in the center of the museum. The first floor displays "warrior life" memorabilia.
The exhibits here are arranged independently, divided into main topics: Truong Son Road - Southern Border - Truong Sa - Activities of the Engineering Force... The most unique and valuable are the exhibits and photos about the process of building Truong Sa archipelago by the children of Nam Dinh.
In the exhibition space on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Countryside Museum, the main theme here is rice plants and the Northern Delta. The artifacts here are mainly agricultural tools related to rice cultivation. These are agricultural tools that have been produced and have been closely associated with the lives of our ancestors, such as the collection of agricultural tools for tilling the land, then agricultural tools for taking care of rice, agricultural tools for harvesting and processing rice, and their lives are most clearly shown through the kitchen.
There are also thousands of artifacts typical of the Northern region on display, including tools for agricultural production, fishing, salt production, household utensils, and utensils. There are about 700 pots, trays, basins, and bronze vases; more than 100 oil lamps; more than a hundred quintals of various coins, 2kg of Indochina paper money... with complete records.
From the initial small wish of retired teacher Ngo Thi Khieu, wife of Major General Hoang Kien - to build a small library for students and people to have a place to read books and display the artifacts of the countryside that are gradually being lost! Her legitimate wish has received enthusiastic support from the district, commune, villagers, friends near and far. The Countryside Museum project was started in March 2011 and up to now, after more than 10 years, the Museum has welcomed more than 250,000 visitors to visit, study and research. The Museum is a private cultural project, a cultural work that recreates the soul, life, spirit of hard work, fighting against nature, fighting against foreign invaders of our ancestors, it is the thread connecting the past with the present and suggesting the future...
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/kham-pha-bao-tang-doc-nhat-vo-nhi-o-nam-dinh-1720975046655.htm
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