Museum of Cham Sculpture

The Museum of Cham Sculpture in Đà Nẵng houses the world’s largest collection of Cham art, offering a clear window into the Hindu-Buddhist Champa civilization (4th–15th centuries). Its airy, colonial-era galleries display sandstone sculptures, lintels, and altars from major Cham sites like Mỹ Sơn and Trà Kiệu, presented with helpful English and Vietnamese labels. Highlights include refined depictions of Shiva, apsaras, and mythical creatures that reveal distinct Cham aesthetics. Centrally located and compact, it’s an easy, enriching stop—ideal before or after visiting nearby Cham ruins—to understand central Vietnam’s layered cultural history.