(1) HISTORY OF DA NANG MUSEUM OF CHAM SCULPTURE STARTED...
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history of Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture started in 1891 when a French
scientist began to collect Cham sculptures that had been discovered in scattered areas of Quang
Nam Province and (2)
them to Da Nang. The first museum building was designed (3)
French architects, and construction began in 1951 and was finished by May 1916. The
Museum has played an important role in preserving sculpture items featuring the cultural, (4)
and ritual lives of the Cham people. They arranged the displays in order to the areas where the
objects were found.