Museum of Cham Sculpture

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The Museum of Cham Sculpture is a museum located in Hai Chau district, Đà Nẵng, central Vietnam. 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 and 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.

[edit] See also

• Art of Champa

[edit] Literature

• Lenzi, Iola (2004). Museums of Southeast Asia. Singapore: Archipelago Press. pp. 200 pages. ISBN 981-4068-96-9. 
• Parmentier, Henri (2003). Cham sculpture of the Tourane Museum, Da Nang, Vietnam: Religious ceremonies and superstitions of Champa. White Lotus Press. pp. 142 pages. ISBN 978-9747534702. 
• Guillon, Emmanuel (2001). Cham Art: Treasures from the Da Nang Museum, Vietnam. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 204 pages. ISBN 978-0500975930. 
• Duoc, Huynh Thi (2006). Cham Sculpture and Indian Mythology. Danang: Danang Publishing House. pp. 75 pages. 

[edit] External links

• Media related to Museum of Cham Sculpture at Wikimedia Commons
• Vietnam National Administration of Tourism | Museum of Cham Sculpture
• Danang Tourism
• TraveltoVietnam.com | Cham Museum
• Photo gallery of the museum