Buddhist Culture Museum in Da Nang Vietnam

Buddhist Culture Museum

Address: 48 Su Van Hanh Street, Ngu Hanh Son District, Danang City
The price to visit the museum is free.
Opening hours to visit: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Estimated time to visit: 1 hour

Buddhist Museum in Da Nang Vietnam — Inside the Buddhist Museum. Photo: Vietnamdrive

Overview of Buddhist Culture Museum in Da Nang Vietnam:

Buddhist Culture Museum in Da Nang is the first Buddhist museum in Vietnam. The museum has been opened since January 2016. It has the area of 700m2 of Quan The Am Pagoda, at Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang City, located in the area of the Marble Mountains. The museum displays hundreds of ancient relics that are relative to Buddhism. This becomes a tourist attraction in Da Nang, Vietnam.

What to see at the Buddhist culture museum in Da Nang:

At present, the museum displays over 200 artifacts crystallizing unique cultural values. They include Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara statue, Avalokiteshvara riding a carp, many ancient statues such as Thich Ca, Duoc Su, Bodhisattva, Quan Yin, Champa, Amitabha, the bells of bronze, the eight octaves… Besides, the temple is also preserving many objects which are ancient Buddhist statues, old statues for worshipping, dating from the seventh century to the late nineteenth century and XX.

One of the unique artifacts that can not be ignored in the collection is displayed here, that is the Quan Yin Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Lady Buddha Statue) riding a carp with the dragon head. This statue was accidentally dug and gave to the temple a few years ago. The statue is nearly 50cm high, weighing about 7kg, made of brass in the late nineteenth century.