Bat Trang Pottery Museum — Attraction in Hà Nội

An unusual spot for those who want to explore Hanoi. The place has well designed and specified activities for adults and children alike. The light exhibition on the third floor is the most unexpected thing, the only drawback is that they don't support English representation yet. The second floor exhibits porcelain history with english guides. There is an underground porcelain studio where you can try making your own pottery - for 2-3 weeks you can also have it glazed and shipped within Vietnam, or else you can only bring the pre-bake product home.

My favorite spot is the 5th floor, amazing tea spot with cute-little-wooden-mixed-tiled-aquarium tables!!!!! They served free Oolong tea which is so fitting with an after taste sweet note. It is pretty chilly up there so you might get sleep soon but overall, I feel like I can spend the whole afternoon there just enjoying the vibe.

The whole experience for porcelain making, 2nd, 3rd floor exhibition and 5th floor tea ceremony cost 200k VND per person + 100k plus shipping fee (if you want to glaze you own pottery making product home)

⭐My one day in Bat Trang village for your reference: 11:00 AM: Arrive at Bat Trang village, purchase the combo ticket (200k per person) to Bao Tang Pottery Musemlum - you can come in and out within the day anytime you like 11:15 AM: Start the pottery making experience 12:15 AM: Move to a restaurant for lunch. The lunch was traditional Bat Trang style with signature squid dishes and bamboo shoot. 350k per person 1:15 PM: Walk around the village, shopping for souvenir of any kind 3:15 PM: Back to Bat Trang Pottery Museum, start the visit to 2nd, 3rd floor 4:15 PM: Reach the 5th floor and enjoy the tea ceremony 5:00 PM: Depart

• Note: the village road is very small so there will usually be jam...

We bought the combo tickets (189,000 vnd) for a full visit.

The first floor is simply several stores selling some ceramic products. This floor should have free entrance as in a gift shop instead of being counted as a museum’s visit . Very misleading.

The second floor is a small collection of pottery and ceramics with no obvious theme or storyline (e.g. history, pottery making process). The very few pieces are scattered everywhere. Like some other reviewers’ remarks, there is no explanation whatsoever. Very disappointed.

The third floor is the only worth visiting place where we can learn something and enjoy the art. It shed light on the process of pottery making through art with some life/religious lesson.

The fourth floor is restaurants. And they are counted as a visit. Oh. My. God.

The fifth floor is a small garden with three pieces of art from the same artist in the 3rd floor.

The ground floor is where you can paint a piece of pottery or play with a very small piece of clay. They will give you a piece of clay and a wheel with no other tools, not even a sponge- a minimum tool of wheel throwing pottery. So do expect lots of water splattering and soaking clay that is impossible to form anything. They will then use a hair blower to half dry your clay. Good luck with bringing it home.

There is no map explaining where to go, what the exhibitions are. The elevator only goes from floor 1 to 4. From the elevator, there is no instruction how to get to a separate stair to the 5th floor or the ground floor.

In summary, there is lots of room for improvements. Given its content, it is not qualified as a Museum, but a small private exhibition at most. At this current stage, it is not worth a visit, but I hope it gets better (in terms of content) and more...

Make sure you know how you're getting back before you go. I enjoyed it, however, not really a pottery museum so much as an exhibition. I was disappointed the pottery tags didn't tell about the pieces, merely whose collection it came from. Nice displays, though. The big hit for me, though, was the 'light display'. A sculptor carved what looked like driftwood so that when a light shone through, the shadow was of a Vietnamese hero. I found these to be definitely worth the extra ticket. Nice little cafe on second floor with a very pleasant proprietor. Limited menu, and new weren't my version of, but were tasty. Grab wouldn't come back for me. Tried several times. There was a very helpful lady at the front who explained the situation (has to do with being in a different province) and called a taxi (about 1.5 times the cost of a grab taxi, but the best driver I've had lately) Alternatively, had I known, Ecopark is near with a shuttle to the museum. If you can figure the bus to Ecopark, and have the time, might try that. I really enjoyed the museum because if the light exhibit, not the pottery, so almost...