The Da Nang-based Museum of Cham Sculpture has inaugurated two new showrooms named My Son and Dong Duong, introducing priceless objects related to the My Son and Dong Duong historical relics in Quang Nam – Da Nang.

Foreign visitors at the Museum of Cham Sculpture.

The two showrooms were designed in accordance with the original architecture of the Museum of Cham Sculpture with the assistance of experts from the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts and the French School of the Far East.

Nearly 50 objects in the two new showrooms were restored and displayed by modern museological technology.

The two new showrooms are the result of a 4-year cooperation between the Museum of Cham Sculpture, the French School of the Far East, Guimet Museum and the National Museum of Cambodia. This project was conducted after the Guimet Museum’s big exhibition in France named “Vietnam’s art treasure – Cham sculpture”.

The two new showroom project is part of a French-funded project, which runs from 2005 to 2009. Besides the Museum of Cham Sculpture, four other Vietnamese museums benefit from this project, namely the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Dak Lak Province Museum, Vietnam Museum of History in HCM City and the War Remnant Museum in HCM City.

The Museum of Cham Sculpture is located in Hai Chau district, central city of Da Nang. The museum was founded in 1915 as the Musée Henri Parmentier during the colonial French era to preserve the finds of the ancient Champa kingdom. It is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to this era. It houses the largest collection of Cham sculpture. The building is situated by the Han River. It is a popular tourist destination.

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