Cham Museum Danang

The Cham People were an indigenous race who inhabited in the coastal regions in mostly central Vietnam way back in 192 BC. The tribe was heavily influenced by Indian culture, religion and even the language. The Cham Museum in Danang is located in Vietnam’s 4th largest city at the point where two streets of Trung Nu Vuong and Bach Dang intersect. The Cham Museum in Danang has the largest and the most voluminous collection of Cham art in the world. This is truly a unique feat because the Cham civilization were later replaced by other prominent ones; and those of the Cham who remained, later converted to Islam.

The location of the Cham Museum in Danang is very apt; because the Danang region was the capital of the civilization. This is clearly evident in the architectural style of the museum. While building the museum in 1915, the French Far-East Research Center in Vietnam, who were the financial sponsors, kept the Cham architectural patterns in mind. So the museum is adorned with thin, gentle and linear patterns. These patterns are particularly special because they symbolically represent the dominance of Matriarchy. Among the exhibits in the Cham Museum in Danang, are some 300 carvings and statues crafted out of different materials including terracotta. Once they formed a part of the Cham temples and towers. Among these statues are also animal’s figures as there are humans.

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