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VietNamNet Bridge – The Worldwide Arms Museum in the southern city of Vung Tau is among the most worth-to-see museums in Vietnam, with valuable objects which are arranged very professionally.
The museum is owned by a British man, Robert Taylor, and his Vietnamese wife, Nguyen Thi Bong. It is located on the road to the famous lighthouse of Vung Tau, at No. 14, Bach Dang road.
The private museum is a 1,500sq.m villa. It opened for tourists in early 2012. So far, most of the visitors are foreigners.
A museum guard told VietNamNet that in its busiest days, the museum welcomed around 100 visitors, mainly foreigners.
This wonderful museum seems to be unpopular to Vietnamese, because a VietNamNet’s correspondent asked many local people about the museum but nobody knew about it.
The entrance ticket is VND50,000 ($2.5)/adult and it is not expensive to enjoy such an interesting museum.
Visitors can spend at least one hour to see 500 real-sized effigies that wear beautiful uniforms, over 1,200 ancient guns, 1,000 old swords with their own stories, at the instruction of nice guides.
The museum suggests visitors to remember about Hollywood’s “Night at the Museum” movie.
Besides valuable exhibits, for example, an ancient gun from the Netherlands (there are only two guns like this in the world), this private museum is also highly appreciated for its scientific arrangement.
The first floor is for objects from the ancient times to the medieval times, with Viking, Spartan, Chinese soldiers, samurais and shoguns, Hoptile, etc.
The second floor is for the British army, which shows the museum owner’s love for his country.
The third floor is for the European army, with the presence of Russian, French, Swedish… soldiers and their weapon.
A guide named Loi said that Mr. Taylor took back many rare items that he lent various museums in the world to display in his own museum.
The current museum can host only one third of the objects in Taylor’s collect. It is being expanded to be able to display the whole collection.
Taylor hired a foreign security service company to guard his museum.
Taylor has been living in Vung Tau since 1991. He began collecting ancient military equipment and uniforms when he was 19. After retiring, he opened this museum. It took him 20 years to get a license and to bring objects to Vietnam to open this museum.
This museum is among the most valuable museums in Vietnam at present.
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