New with "Stone Museum" in Lam Dong

• March 9, 2012 14:38

In Bao Loc city, Lam Dong province, the first stone museum in Vietnam has just been recognized and opened to welcome visitors. The museum's establishment not only contributes a unique tourism product, but also is a gathering place for many types of precious stones - a precious natural resource bestowed on the Central Highlands.

Photo source: baoloccity

In the grounds of this stone museum with the very fancy name - Hoa Tai Ngoc Chau - are more than 3,000 stone artifacts from all over the country collected by the owner over the past 40 years. Of which, the majority are stones found in the forest areas of Lam Dong province.

In addition to Lam Dong, most of the gemstones in Vietnam such as Ruby, Saphir, Spinel, Quartz, Tourmaline, Zircon, Peridot, Garnet, Petrified Wood or Opal - Chalcedony can also be found in the Central Highlands provinces. Therefore, to gather a large amount of gemstones here is the result of decades of hard work by the owner and his family. If collecting antiques requires effort, time and perseverance of the player, then collecting stones also requires many other factors when these artifacts are located in dangerous mountainous areas, rivers and streams...

According to the homeowner, there are many necessary factors to be able to see what a valuable stone artifact is, but the difficulty in admiring stone artifacts is that it requires the viewer's imagination, because each work brings different feelings depending on each person. However, it is also that factor that creates the appeal for this new type of tourism. Because simply, with a stone museum, visitors can let their imagination run wild...

In addition to the meanings of shape and position, the diversity of gemstones at the museum has brought a rare opportunity for visitors to come into contact with many precious gemstone artifacts at the same time.

Currently, there are many private museums established across the country, compared to state museums, private museums still face many difficulties. The development of private museums is just the beginning, but at a time when tourism products are still limited, museums can be seen as cultural highlights or a tourism product with the potential to attract tourists, contributing to preserving the cultural and historical values of the nation.

According to VTV