Quang Ninh Museum and Library

Location: In the complex of cultural works in Cot 3 Area, Hong Hai Ward, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province.
Characteristics: The building has unique architecture, charming space and plenty of valuable artifacts.

Architecture

(TITC) - Designed by Spanish architect, Salvador Perez Arroyo, started to build in the end of 2012 and completed in October 2013, Quang Ninh Museum and Library is located on an area of nearly 24,000m² with a total investment of over VND 900 billion. It includes 3 blocks of museum, library and convention connected together by an overhead bridge system. Inspired by the icon of coal, a typical mineral of Quang Ninh Province, the building is a symbol on the most beautiful coastal road in Ha Long City. Especially, the building is assembled with 14,000m² of glass that has resistant to temperature changes. Thanks to specific architecture, the building looks like a giant mirror reflecting the image of the world natural heritage, Ha Long Bay.

 

Museum

As soon as entering the ground floor of the museum block, visitors will have the chance to admire a whale skeleton and sailboat models. The first floor features tubular displaying columns made of modern materials such as steel frame, tempered glass and especially the covering fabric with images of Ha Long Bay combined with light projection technology to make visitors feel like walking in a miniature space of Ha Long Bay. The second floor is designed according to a wooden boat to introduce Quang Ninh Province through periods of prehistory, proto-history, Bach Dang victory, resistance war against French Colonial and American Empire, and Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhism culture. In the third floor, visitors will visit display spaces of economic achievements, cultural identities and characteristics of ethnic groups in Quang Ninh Province; images of visits of President Ho Chi Minh to Quang Ninh; and artifacts used in mining, especially coal industry.

 

 

Library

Besides the museum, the library block is also designed in a modern style, of which the ground floor stores over 100,000 book titles of all fields. The first floor consists of conference rooms, rooms for children, a screening room, a theater and a coffee shop. The pendent floor has room for businessmen, display room of books and newspapers, foreign language book room, internet room... The second floor is composed of general reading rooms, reading rooms for the disabled, a general book warehouse with over 200,000 titles and a conference rooms with the capacity of over 60 people.

 

Connected with famous attractions in Quang Ninh Province such as Bai Tho Mountain, Tran Quoc Nghien Temple, Long Tien Pagoda, Hong Gai Church, Ha Long Marine Plaza, Vincom Ha Long Trade Centre…, Quang Ninh Museum and Library is a specific tourism product containing the values of daily lives of local people.

 

Opening time: 8.00am - 11.30am and 1.30pm - 5.00pm (except Mondays and holidays).

Fare: adults: VND 30,000/person; children: VND 10,000/person

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WHERE TO STAY
Ha Long I Hotel

Add: Ha Long St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 321

Muong Thanh Ha Long Hotel

Add: 7 Block 20 Dong Hung Thang Zone, Bai Chay Ward, Halong City

Tel: (84-203) 3812 468

Phuong Dung Hotel

Add: 78 Le Thanh Tong St., Hon Gai Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3828 952

Dia Chat Hotel

Add: Hau Can St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 234/ 3845 785

Thien Trang Hotel

Add: 19 Vuon Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3844 634

Vinaly 1 Hotel

Add: Groupe 11- Zone 4B, Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 694

Hong Hai Hotel

Add: 425 Le Thanh Tong St., Hon Gai Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3825 179

Ha Long Palace Hotel

Add: 1 Block 20 Dong Hung Thang Zone, Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3619 819

Vinaly 2 Hotel

Add: 65 Vuon Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 576

Hai Ha Hotel

Add: 83 Vuon Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 590

Hong Ngoc Hotel

Add: 36A Le Thanh Tong St., Hon Gai Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3826 369

Ha Long DC Hotel

Add: 8, 24 Thang 5 St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3618 606

Hotel Eden Ha Long

Add: Hamlet 2, Tam Dao Town, Tam Dao

Phuong Vi Hotel

Add: 25 Vuon Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 595

Binh Minh 1 Hotel

Add: 16 Vuon Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 151

Paradise Suites Hotel Halong

Add: Tuan Chau Island, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3815 088

79 Luxury Ha Long Hotel

Add: 152 - 156 Bai Chay St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3848 798

Manh Cuong Hotel

Add: 79 Vuon Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 342

Viet Phuong Hotel

Add: 5 Anh Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 493

Binh Minh 2 Hotel

Add: 117 Vuon Dao St., Bai Chay Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3844 315

WHERE TO EAT
Bien Mo Floating Restaurant

Add: 35 Ben Tau St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3828 951

Nang Tam Vegetarian Restaurant

Add: Yen Tu's telpher station, Uong Bi City

Tel: (84-203) 3661 027

Hong Kong Restaurant

Add: Ha Long St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3847 591

Thien Trang Restaurant

Add: 7 Tran Phu St., Cam Pha City

Tel: (84-203) 3862 467

Tuyet Tuyet Restaurant

Add: Khu 8, Cai Rong Townlet, Van Don Dist.

Tel: (84-203) 3874 256

Quan Hai Lau Restaurant

Add: Bai Chay St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3847 037

Cong Doan Restaurant

Add: Bai Chay Tourist Centre, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3846 780

Bien Xanh Restaurant

Add: 8 Le Thanh Tong St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3825 112

Anh Duong Restaurant

Add: Group 6, Yet Kieu Ward, Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 6293 666

Ha Long Wonder Restaurant

Add: 98 Ben tau Hon Gai St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3811 279

Phu Dong Restaurant

Add: 6A Le Thanh Tong St., Ha Long City

Tel: (84-203) 3656 339