Museum of Trade Ceramics, Ceramic museum in Hoi An, Vietnam.
The Museum of Trade Ceramics occupies a traditional wooden building with two floors and an internal courtyard where rooms display pottery from different regions. The collection spans products made and traded between the 9th and 19th centuries across Asia.
Between the 7th and 10th centuries this city served as a major trading port where Asian merchants exchanged ceramic goods from different regions. It remained an important hub for maritime commerce throughout the medieval and early modern periods.
The collection reflects how ceramic styles developed differently across regions and how merchants valued certain types for trade and daily use. The pieces on display show the aesthetic preferences of the cultures that made and exchanged them along sea routes.
The museum sits in the old town center and is easy to reach on foot from other sites in the area. The building is air-conditioned and the crowds are usually manageable, allowing you to view the pieces at a comfortable pace.
A significant portion of the collection comes from a 15th-century shipwreck discovered offshore, providing rare insight into what merchant vessels actually carried. These recovered pieces help us understand the real cargo preferences of traders from that era.
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