Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum

The Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum (Khmer: សារៈមន្ទីរ​ព្រះនរោត្តម សីហនុ-អង្គរ) is a museum located in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The museum is dedicated to displaying exhibits on the history of Cambodia's civilization through various cultural and archaeological artifacts.[1]

Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum
EstablishedNovember 2, 2007 (2007-11-02)
LocationSiem Reap, Cambodia
Coordinates13.382114°N 103.880790°E / 13.382114; 103.880790

History

The construction of the museum was financed by AEON, Cambodian cultural agency APSARA and Japan’s Sophia University. One of the reasons this museum was built was to preserve artifacts from excavations.[2] On November 2, 2007, the museum was inaugurated.[3]

A renovation mainly intended for the repair of the museum's roof was carried out in 2016-2017.[4]

Collections

The museum has a collection of statues and archaeological remains.[5] The museum is dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of Cambodia, among one of these collections is pottery and ancient art of the country.[6] This museum contains an exhibition of ceramics dating from the 15th to the 19th century.[7] Much of the museum's statues come from the Banteay Kdei Temple excavation.[8] Among the sculptures that stand out are the statues of Buddha, the museum has collections on the religious heritage of Cambodia.[9] The museum contains archaeological remains such as skulls date back to the Bronze Age.[8] The sculptures date from three important periods in Cambodia's history including the Angkor period, the Baphuon period and the Bayon period.[10] The museum also contains a collection of crockery.[3]

References
  1. tharith. "សារមន្ទីរព្រះនរោត្តមសីហនុ-អង្គរ ជាបណ្តុំចំណេះដឹងផ្នែកប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ ប្រវត្តិសិល្បៈសម្រាប់កូនខ្មែរសិក្សាស្វែងយល់". FRESH NEWS. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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  3. Xinbo Wu (30 May 2018). East Asian Studies In The Perspective Of Regional Integration. World Scientific. pp. 236–. ISBN 978-1-938134-98-2.
  4. "Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum to be completed by the end of March". thmeythmey.com. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  5. "More than 3,000-year-old skulls on display at the Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum". SPKTLIV. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  6. "សារមន្ទីរព្រះនរោត្តមសីហនុ-អង្គរ ជាបណ្តុំចំណេះដឹងផ្នែកប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ ប្រវត្តិសិល្បៈ". ខ្មែរប៉ុស្ដិ៍. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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  8. "អាជ្ញាធរជាតិអប្សរា ប្រារព្ធខួបគម្រប់១០ឆ្នាំ របស់សារមន្ទីរព្រះនរោត្តម សីហនុ-អង្គរ និងធ្វើ ពិធីពុទ្ធាអភិសេកព្រះពុទ្ធអង្គរធំ". Information.gov.kh. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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  10. "តោះទៅទស្សនា សារមន្ទីរព្រះនរោត្តមសីហនុអង្គរ ខេត្តសៀមរាប". 柬埔寨头条. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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