(HBO) - Museum of Muong Cultural Space organized the 10th Anniversary of the foundation of the museum (16/12/2007 – 16/12/2017).
Cultural researchers, sculptors, artists, etc. taking photos and greeting the 10th Anniversary of the foundation of the museum.
Museum of Muong Cultural Space is a work of art originated from the deep inspiration of the painter Vu Duc Hieu with the desire to reproduce the entire living space of Muong ethnic people. After 10 years of collection and 1 year of building, on 16th December 2017, Museum of Muong Cultural Space was officially opened and put into operation. The museum is located on a hillside slope in a small, narrow limestone valley of 5 hectares. It is about 80 km far away from Hanoi in the west and 7 km from the center of Hoa Binh City in the direction to Son La (on the road of Tay Tien). This construction was invested, designed and built by its owner. The museum is divided into 2 common areas: the reconstruction and exhibition areas. After 10 years of operation, the museum has welcomed thousands of tourists, cultural researchers, students, etc. to visit, relax, enjoy special food, understand and study about Muong ethnic culture.
The museum has a center of artist residence Muong Studio which is a place to exchange, communicate, compose, exhibit for national and international artists. There often takes place some art activities such as painting, sculpture and installation. The visitors can directly exchange with the artists or perceive the art types according to the activities there.
Up to now, Museum of Muong Cultural Space has collected and preserved more than 3000 artifacts. It can be said that Museum of Muong Cultural Space is a center of exhibiting and preserving the valuable things about Muong ethnic people in Hoa Binh particularly and in Vietnam generally.
Speaking at the anniversary, the artist Vu Duc Hieu – The Director of the Museum expressed his gratitude to the local authorities, his family, colleagues, sculptors and cultural researchers for their help and making conditions to build and develop the museum. He also showed his desire that in the upcoming time, the museum will still be the place to meet and perceive Muong ethnic culture and the contemporary art types.
With an increasingly vibrant and widespread emulation movement aimed at building cultured residential areas and cultured families, Yen Thuy District has been making steady progress toward improving both the material and spiritual well-being of its people, while fostering a civilized, prosperous, beautiful, and progressive community.
Once lacking recreational spaces and community facilities, Residential Group 2 in Quynh Lam Ward (Hoa Binh City) has recently received attention for the construction of a new, spacious, and fully equipped cultural house. The project followed the model of state support combined with public contributions in both labor and funding.
The "All people unite to build cultural life" movement, which has been effectively integrated with Kim Boi district’s socio-economic development goals, is fostering a lively spirit of emulation across local residential areas, hamlets, villages, public agencies, and enterprises. In addition, through the initiative, traditional cultural values are being preserved and promoted, while community solidarity and mutual support in poverty reduction and economic development are being strengthened.
A working delegation of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee led by its Permanent Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Toan on June 11 inspected the progress of a project to build the Mo Muong Cultural Heritage Conservation Space linked to tourism services in Hop Phong commune, Cao Phong district.
Born and growing in the heroic land of Muong Dong, Dinh Thi Kieu Dung, a resident in Bo town of Kim Boi district, in her childhood was nurtured by the sweet lullabies of her grandmother and mother. These melodies deeply imprinted on her soul, becoming an inseparable part of her love for her ethnic group's culture. For over 20 years, this love for her hometown has driven Dung to research, collect, and pass down the cultural values of the Muong people to future generations.
In the final days of May, the Ethnic Art Troupe of Hoa Binh Province organized performances to serve the people in remote, mountainous, and particularly disadvantaged areas within the province. These were not just ordinary artistic shows, but they were the meaningful journeys aimed at spreading cultural values, enhancing the spiritual life of the people and contributing to the preservation of ethnic minority cultural identities.
