Provided is a display apparatus including: a display module; a housing accommodating the display module; a transparent substrate disposed on a front surface of the display module and installed in the housing; a transmitter disposed on one end of the transparent substrate and generating light; a receiver installed on the other end of the transparent substrate to face the transmitter in a first direction, and receiving the light emitted from the transmitter; and a receiver installed on the other end of the transparent substrate to face the transmitter in a first direction, and receiving the light emitted from the transmitter; and a control unit driving the display module, and determining whether the transparent substrate is damaged based on a signal received from the receiver.