Stepping into the museum, visitors first see the permanent exhibition on four of Laos' most known ethnic minority groups — the Akha, Hmong, Kmhmu and Tai Lue. The "Akha:
The Diversity Of An Ethnic Group" section shows the differences between subgroups of this people, and a headdress made of over 300 pieces of silver. More than 90,000 Akha
people live in Laos. Outsiders can distinguish Akha subgroups by their clothing, such as details of the embroidery on a shirt, the colour of the trim and the type of skirt, while many
Akha are differentiated by the shape of a woman's headdress.