Phnom Penh National Museum

National Museum of Phnom Penh


The Phnom Penh National Museum is housed in a graceful terracoatta building of traditional design. It was built between 1917-20 just north of the Royal Palace. The museum is open from 8:00-11:30am and 2:00-5:30pm, from Tuesdays to Sundays. Photography unfortunately is forbidden inside the museum where the original artwork is on display.

The museum exhibits numerous masterpieces of Khmer art, artisanship and sculpture dating from the pre-Angkor period of Funan and Chenla (4th to 9th century AD), the Indravarman period (9th and 10th centuries AD), the classical Angkor period (10th to 14th centuries) and the post Angkor period (after the 14th century). As it is not air-conditioned, it is a rather warm place to visit during the day time.

The interior of the National Museum of Phnom Penh

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

 Share your travels and/or ask a travel-related question

Join the Penang Travel Tips Facebook Group to share photos, tips and anything related to your travels, or ask travel-related questions.

Map of Roads in Penang

Looking for information on Penang? Use this Map of Roads in Penang to zoom in on information about Penang, brought to you road by road.

Discover with Timothy

Let me take you to explore and discover Penang through my series of walking tours on YouTube. You may use these videos as your virtual tour guide. At the beginning of each video, I provide the starting point coordinates which you may key into your GPS, Google Maps or Waze, to be navigated to where I start the walk, and use the video as your virtual tour guide.

Disclaimer

Please use the information on this page as guidance only. The author endeavours to update the information on this page from time to time, but regrets any inaccuracies if there be any.

Songs about Penang

About this website

Hello and thanks for reading this page. My name is Timothy and my hobby is in describing places so that I can share the information with the general public. My website has become the go to site for a lot of people including students, teachers, journalists, etc. whenever they seek information on places, particularly those in Malaysia and Singapore. I have been doing this since 5 January 2003, for over twenty years already. You can read about me at Discover Timothy. By now I have compiled information on thousands of places, mostly in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and I continue to add more almost every day. My goal is to describe every street in every town in Malaysia and Singapore.