The Đông Sơn archaeological site locates on the banks of the Mã River. It was the first vestige of the Đông Sơn Culture to be discovered and studied in 1924. Until now, many archaeological excavations that were carried out have provided valuable scientific information about this site. These archaeological documents reveal the continuity of cultural development during the first millennium BC through the first century AD.
Dong Khoi site locates in Dong Cuong commune, Thanh Hoa city. This is a stone tools-making workshop, dated Early Bronze Age. It was discovered in 1960s, twentieth century. To now, it has been surveyed three times (1960, 1975, 1976) and excavated two times.
Lam Son - Lam Kinh is “sacred land and extraordinary people” region, hometown of nation’s hero - Le Loi, the originally-raise up area of Lam Son Uprising defeating Minh forces in 10 hard years (1418-1427), the eternal resting area of the Queens of Le dynasty.
In July 1941, the Thanh Hoa provincial party committee decided to choose Ngoc Trao village (belongs to Trac Nhat canton, Thach Thanh district) to be the provincial revolutionary base. On the 10th July 1941, 11 outstanding guerillas chosen from many places in the province were sent to Ngoc Trao to build up the supply base, set up the working areas for base’s steering committee and the provincial printing office.
In the past years, Thanh Hóa Museum has focused on doing research and collecting materials and artifacts of Đông Sơn Culture. We have collaborated with the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology and the Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities under the Vietnam National University to organize a number of archaeological excavations in such sites of Đông Sơn Culture as Đông Sơn, Thiệu Dương, Vực Thượng, Bản Khạt, Núi Sen etc. We have also constantly collected thousands of precious objects, which has helped to enrich our storage and serve the work of exhibition and communication.
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