Army Museum description and photos - Laos: Vientiane (Topic)

Army Museum description and photos - Laos: Vientiane. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Army Museum.

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The Museum of the Lao People's Army was founded in 1976 and tells about the role that the army played during the revolutionary period in Laos, which began in 1950 during the liberation of the country from French colonialists and ended in 1975 with the declaration of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The museum displays a large collection of weapons, uniforms and photographs of soldiers of the Laotian army. It also contains historical reports of battles with foreign invaders. Visitors to the museum can learn about military victories and about the people who played a key role in a particular battle. There are also photographs of some of the soldiers who died in the struggle for the liberation of Laos and portraits of war criminals. One of the halls of the Lao People's Army Museum is dedicated to the protracted military conflict with neighboring Thailand over border lands.

The museum's exposition occupies two floors. All items that are located here are indicated by explanatory plates only in Lao. Museum staff do not speak English, so it will be difficult for tourists to understand what this or that exhibit refers to and to what period.

In the territory adjacent to the Military Museum, there are military vehicles and combat aircraft that were on arming the Lao army for several decades. All items of equipment are real, you can touch them, climb into the cabins, which is periodically done by local kids who love to play near the museum.

The military museum will surely appeal to men of all ages.

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Topic: Army Museum description and photos - Laos: Vientiane.