Sapa Culture Museum — Attraction in Sa Pa Ward

Great Potential…

Visited the museum 1) to learn a bit more about the different tribes in Sa Pa 2) It was miserable weather!

The museum is free and only takes 15min- 60 minutes (depending on if you are someone that likes to read absolutely everything or just happy to read titles and look at pictures, we are the latter!). It is quite dated and a bit sad looking but you can’t really expect a lot from something that is free.

The information in there was very interesting just maybe needs a more modern approach to displaying 👍

Maybe if a small fee were to be expected maybe some renovations...

The museum is free to visit, and even if the toilets could be cleaner, I still recommend you pay this place a visit! The exposition isn't too big, maybe it'll take you between half an hour and an hour to see it all, yet it's very complete and interesting: from the traditional clothes to the tips for tourists who want to visit local tribes, and the stories behind their traditions. The gift's shop has a wide variety of traditional ethnic stuff too and you can find some very unique pieces - and prices are significantly cheaper than other stores and even...

After having seen a great museum of ethnology in Hà Nội and an underrated museum in Ha Giang, this one left me disappointed. Limited history was available except for some old pictures from the 1920’s. Some information about local culture and ethnic groups. You can learn more about history and local culture from a 10 minute conversation with any local. Pros for English or French speakers was that translations were well made. The was also a nice section from the local...