Gia Lai Museum


Pleiku's museum features some vaguely interesting Bahnar artefacts, from fine woven baskets and a coat made from tree bark to a replica tomb house, as well as copies of some 15th-century Cham-era stone reliefs. There's the obligatory badly stuffed wildlife, and a history gallery dedicated to Pleiku’s role during the French and American wars.

Next to the museum is the large Dai Doan Ket (Great Solidarity) square, featuring an 11m-tall statue of Ho Chi Minh and a 58m-long sculpture depicting Vietnam's ethnic groups.


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