This Archaeological Museum was constructed under the cooperation between the APSARA Authority and SOPHIA University (Tokyo) with the funding from AEON 1% Club (Japan) in order to preserve and exhibit the Buddhist statues discovered at Banteay Kdei temple. We hope that your visiting will be offering you a unique testament about the history of Buddhism during the Angkor period.

The museum is located next to the APSARA Authority Head Office (to the north). The Museum building was constructed in June 2006 and inaugurated on 2nd November 2007 under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath NORODOM SIHAMONI, the King of Cambodia. The Museum is officially named: Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum, and opened to the public on 2 January 2008.