Museum of Cham Sculpture

Location: No. 2, 2 Thang 9 Street, Binh Hien Ward, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City.

Characteristics: The museum house the most extensive collection of Cham sculpture art worldwide.

Museum of Cham Sculpture was built in 1915 under the sponsorship of the French School for Far Eastern Studies in Viet Nam. It is based in Da Nang region which was the seat of the old Champa Kingdom and boasts many attractions like Tra Kieu, Dong Duong, My Son and Thap Mam.

 

In 1936, the museum was expanded, and opened to the public in 1939.

 

It conserves the last collection of Champa sculpture art in Viet Nam and the world. Its architecture bears the features of Cham architecture. It boasts a row of showrooms white in color with simple yet graceful decorations.

 

The museum exhibits more than 400 original sandstone sculptures and some baked clay products collected from the temples and towers that lie scattered from Quang Binh to Binh Thuan in the Central.

 

 

 

The exhibits are statues, embossments, images, and patterns displayed in 4 showrooms named after the localities where the pieces have been discovered, including My Son, Tra Kieu, Dong Duong and Thap Mam – Binh Dinh.

 

The compound of the museum blends harmoniously with the local landscape, which gives visitors a chance to relax and feel themselves immersed in the golden past of Cham civilization.

 

Opening time: 7.00am - 5.00pm daily.

Fare: VND 40,000/person.

 

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WHERE TO STAY
Nhat Linh Hotel

Add: 194 Nguyen Chi Thanh St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3836 777

Sanouva Da Nang Hotel

Add: 68 Phan Chau Trinh St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3823 468

Bamboo Green Hotel

Add: 177 Tran Phu St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3822 722

White Snow Hotel

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Tel: (84-236) 3566 999

Novotel Danang Premier Han River Hotel

Add: 36 Bach Dang St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3929 999

One Opera Hotel (cu HAGL Plaza Da Nang )

Add: 1 Nguyen Van Linh St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 2223 344

Grand Mercure Da Nang Hotel

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Tel: (84-236) 3797 777

Stay (Northern Danang) Hotel

Add: 119, 3/2 St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3861 861

Minh Toan Galaxy Hotel

Add: 306, 2 - 9 St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3662 888

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Tel: (84-236) 3586 222

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Tel: (84-236) 3929 555

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WHERE TO EAT
Ba Thoi restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3825 384

Chen Shabu restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3843 888

Heaven restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 2240 891

Dong Duong restaurant

Add: 18 Tran Phu St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3889 687

Huong Viet restaurant

Add: 53 Tran Quoc Toan St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3825 211

Czech beer Tulip restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3611 822

Kitaguni restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3562 435

Italia restaurant

Add: 42 Le Duan St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3565 962

Memory Lounge restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3575 898

Com Nieu Truc Lam Vien restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3849969

Phi Lu 1 restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3823 772

Apsara restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3561 409

Golden Phoenix restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3668 888

Korean restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3863 048

Lotteria restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3829 929

King & Queen Palace Da Nang restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3621 111/3621 888

Pizza Hut restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3752 633

Tran restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3849 022

Kim Do restaurant

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Tel: (84-236) 3821 846

Samdi restaurant

Add: 292 Phan Chu Trinh St., Hai Chau Dist.

Tel: (84-236) 3582 889