Visiting Hoi An Historical Museum is also a chance for travelers to explore more interesting aspects about this land such as: The history of Tran Phu Street, the oldest street of Hoi An, the meaning behind the ‘eyes' on the doors of the ancient houses and the spiral carved patterns "De leaf", "Yin and Yang", and many others.
The Museum of History and Culture in Hoi An is the first museum to visit on your trip to Hoi An. This museum is almost like a show-and-tell summary of the entire heritage of Hoi An. So visiting other museums will benefit you more if you have gone to the Museum of History and Culture in Hoi An first.
This treasure house is home to a potpourri of relics like important photographs and maps, and artifacts like statues of different materials belonging to different civilizations, porcelain and ceramic wares, traditional scales, anchor, jar-burials from the Sa Huynh culture, stelaes and family records that trace back the ancestry of the inhabitants. Also among the exhibits are bronze drums dating back to 3000 BC during the era of the Dong Son civilization.
Source: http://www.hoianworldheritage.org.vn