The attraction of a space with over 24,000 specimens of more than 4,000 species of marine and freshwater creatures that have been collected and preserved for many years, along with living specimens kept in glass tanks.
On the first day of the week, the Institute was still very crowded, especially with many foreign tourists and many Vietnamese families coming here. Children were taken by their parents, showing interest in the marine creatures, unique fish, crabs, shrimps... such as swallowtail fish, spotted seals, dugongs... and the mangrove ecosystem...
Or the alligator - the largest reptile today, can be up to 6m long, weigh up to 1 ton and is a cold-blooded animal - is also one of the oldest creatures on the planet, appearing about 240 million years ago with dinosaurs...
Welcoming visitors as soon as they step in is the skeleton of a giant humpback whale excavated in 1994 during the excavation of an irrigation ditch by the people of Hai Hau, Nam Ha province. The skeleton was found at a depth of 1.2m, is 18m long, and weighs 10 tons... One of the highlights of the museum is the display area of marine resources of Hoang Sa - Truong Sa islands in a tunnel through the mountain, with a length of 120m, a height of 5m and a width of 8 - 12m.
According to the organizers: "The exhibition area is a complex introducing the scientific research achievements of the Institute of Oceanography on the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa - Truong Sa from 1926 to the present". Animals with strange names such as: Sea urchin, Hairy crab, Black-headed parrotfish... that many people have never heard of will be able to see with their own eyes here as well as learn about the extremely diverse flora in the sacred archipelago of the Fatherland.
The Institute of Oceanography is a red address not to be missed when visitors set foot in this beautiful coastal city.
