The building has two dragons on the roof, like “two dragons flanking the moon” so often be call with the name “The Dragon house”, therefore, the wharf belongs to this region is also called Dragon house Wharf (Nha Rong Wharf).
Here, on 06th, May, 1911, Vietnamese youth – Nguyen Tat Thanh go to seek the ways for national salvation. After more than 30 years of traveling overseas, Nguyen Tat Thanh became revolutionary leaders guide Vietnam People to conduct the August Revolution, established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.The youth found the way to save the country ‘s former is President Ho Chi Minh later.
Nha Rong Wharf is now the Ho Chi Minh City Mesium – Ho Chi Minh city Branch, is a branch belongs to the system of museum and monuments commemorating the President Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam.
Here, before the date 04/30/1975 is the headquarters of the Emperor Transport Corporation (Messageries Imperiales) – one of the first buildings built by the French after the capture of Saigon. The house was built from the middle of 1862 to the end of 1863 and be completed with the West architecture, but on the roof of Museum is glued two Asian dragons who is huddling their head on the moon based on “dragons flanking the moon”, a familiar decoration at temples in Vietnam. With a unique architecture, the Emperor Transport Corporation was called dragon house and whaft was called Dragon house whaft. In 1955, after the French colonist defeated, Saigon commercial port was transferred to Vietnam South government to manage, they were repaired the house roof and replace the two old dragons with two new dragons pose turned out.
From the beginning of operation, with 03 galleries (250m2), after twice time revised (1990, 1995), now there are 09 rooms with 1482.62 m2 for exhibition, 02, storage rooms of 10,927 documents, exhibits and 450 exhibits are showed outdoor . In which 09 present galleries, there are 06 thematic galleries including permanent materials, exhibits, photographs relating to the history, revolutionary activities of the President Ho Chi Minh, 03 rooms news subject,, meet the task of political propaganda by certain time.
From 1995 up to now, the unit displayed 20 topical subjects in museum and 16 mobile exhibitions in remote areas and the suburban districts. All galleries after adjustment times are raised in both content and form, and coordinate many factors in creating compelling showcase for the viewer. Besides the main activities, the museum also conduct propaganda education activities widely such as: held scientific conferences, and seminars beween generations, a special talking about President Ho Chi Minh, introduction and cinema, literature, memoirs, publications about President Ho Chi Minh and the Museum, printing calendar, organizations admitted party; organize contests for searching about history and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh…, The Museum is also the place for organizations, unions to learn, play;, is place for the military revolutionary movement of the vibrant city…
For more than 20 action years, Ho Chi Minh Museum – City Branch has welcomed nearly 20 million visitors from all over the country and abroad come to visit. Especially hundreds of heads of state and senior delegation visited to study and research on the President Ho Chi Minh. From 400 documents, exhibits (1980), now there have been 11,372 documents, objects and 3,300 subjects of books on the President Ho Chi Minh. Only early this year, through the mass media campaign people donated 2,093 materials.
