Convergence of antique collectors in Nha Trang

On the occasion of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day November 23, Khanh Hoa Provincial Museum (16 Tran Phu Street, Nha Trang) held an antique exhibition of Nha Trang antique club. Over 400 antiques (porcelains, potteries, copper antiquities, etc.) were displayed at the exhibition.

 

First convergence

 

In the first convergence of the antique collectors in Nha Trang City, more than 400 antiques from seventeen members of Nha Trang antique club were introduced to the audiences. Doctor Tran Van Huy draw the attention by a collection of antique lamps such as antique lamps made of porcelain, copper and glass and lamps in shape of Venus statue. Besides, there were a lot of other valuable antiques, including a pair of Bat Trang pottery jars decorated with four supernatural creatures, Lai Thieu pottery flower vase, collection of Chu Dau pottery with many types of lime pots, collection of Lu Cam pottery, porcelain antiques of the Nguyen’s family and lamps of the Tran dynasty, etc.

 

 

Foreign tourists viewing exhibits of Nha Trang antique club at Khanh Hoa Provincial Museum.

 

The establishment of Nha Trang antique club received a great welcome from the antique collectors.

“F or a long time, w e desired to have a place for meeting and displaying the antiques. So, when the provincial Museum offered the idea to open an antique club, we all supported. Many of us did not hesitate to bring valuable antiques to the exhibition,” said Dao Hoa, head of the club.

 

Nha Trang antique club is expected to have periodical meeting once a month for information exchange. In addition, the club also opens antique auctions to raise the fund for its activities.

 

New trend of development

 

According to Le Chi Huong, Director of Khanh Hoa provincial Museum, with many valuable antiques, the antique collectors have partly contributed in preserving the national cultural heritages. The opening of Nha Trang antique club aims to create a playground for the antique collectors to exchange experience, partly contributing to the movement of antique collection in Nha Trang City.

 

If Nha Trang antique club has a good development, there will be other antique clubs to be established in other localities in the province, aiming for an antique association in the future.

 

So far, the provincial Museum has organized exhibitions with its own objects or borrowed from other museums. The coordination with Nha Trang antique club has opened a new trend in organizing exhibitions. According to Dang Thi Thu, Deputy Director of the provincial Museum, in the future, the provincial Museum will associate with Nha Trang antique club to hold thematic antique displays.

 

Such exhibitions featuring culture and arts are very necessary to a tourist city like Nha Trang. Hopefully, Khanh Hoa Provincial Museum and Nha Trang antique club will have more attractive antique exhibitions, introducing the unique cultural heritages of Vietnam to both domestic and international tourists.

 

H.N