Within the Group D mandapas, conservators have created a small in-situ museum displaying Cham sculptural fragments and replica pieces, with explanatory panels in Vietnamese and English. The roofed mandapa halls protect some of the most fragile carvings from the elements while making them accessible to visitors. This is the best place at the site to examine the quality of Cham stonework up close — the mythological reliefs, the apsara figures, and the decorative vocabulary of a Hindu civilisation that flourished for nearly a thousand years before disappearing.
The originals of many significant pieces have been moved to the Museum of Cham Sculpture in Da Nang — an essential complement to any visit to My Son. The Da Nang museum holds the largest collection of Cham art in the world, including pieces from My Son that were removed for safekeeping before and after the bombing. If you are coming from Hoi An, the Museum of Cham Sculpture is worth a half-day visit either before or after the site.