Da Nang Museums Open Free on National Day: 12 National Treasures at the Cham Sculpture Museum

Visiting Đà Nẵng on September 2? The city's museums open free for National Day. The highlight is the Cham Sculpture Museum — home to 12 national treasures, the most in the city — plus the 'Champa Dance' show and a first-ever Handpan music performance.

Which museums are free?

Cham Sculpture Museum (Bảo tàng Điêu khắc Chăm): free on Sept 2, 7am–5pm — 12 national treasures

Da Nang Museum: 42–44 Bạch Đằng (Hải Châu) + branch at 281 Phan Bội Châu (Bàn Thạch)

Da Nang Fine Arts Museum: 78 Lê Duẩn — 'Ký sự đô thị Đà Nẵng' exhibition (Aug 26–Sep 15)

Hồ Chí Minh Museum – Military Region 5 branch: free on Aug 31

What you'll see at the Cham Sculpture Museum

Normally 60,000 VND per adult, the museum waives admission on Sept 2. Its collection includes ancient artefacts more than 1,200 years old, such as:

Đài thờ Trà Kiệu (7th–8th century, sandstone)

Đài thờ Mỹ Sơn E1 (7th–8th century, sandstone)

Tượng thần Ganesha (7th–8th century)

Phù điêu Apsara Trà Kiệu (10th century)

Tượng Bồ tát Tara (Đồng Dương)

Visitors can also catch the 'Vũ điệu Champa' (Champa Dance) performance and, for the first time, a Handpan music showcase inside and outside the museum grounds.

Elsewhere in the city

At the Marble Mountains (Ngũ Hành Sơn), more than 11,000 visitors arrived in the first two days of the holiday, though tickets are still charged this year. And the Dragon Bridge (Cầu Rồng) — Đà Nẵng's icon — will breathe fire for six consecutive nights during the National Day holiday.