The National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom
Penh is the country’s leading historical and archaeological museum. It
was officially inaugurated by King Sisowat in 1920.
The buildings are inspired by Khmer
temple architecture and house more than 14,000 items. The National
Museum contains the world’s largest collection of Khmer art, including
sculpture, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects dating from
prehistoric times to periods before, during, and after the Khmer Empire.
The Museum also serves a religious
function. Its collection of important Buddhist and Hindu sculptures
includes a Post-Angkorian Buddha supported by UNESCO.
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