Museums in Phnom Penh

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, also known as S-21, occupies a former high school that the Khmer Rouge converted into a secret prison and interrogation centre from 1975 to 1979. An estimated 17,000 people were imprisoned here, of whom only a handful survived. Today it serves as a museum and memorial.

Former high school converted into a Khmer Rouge interrogation prison, now a genocide museum..

The National Museum of Cambodia is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum, holding the world's largest collection of Khmer art. Housed in a striking terracotta-red building from 1920, it covers Cambodian history from prehistoric times through the Angkorian period to the present.

Memorial site and museum at the former Khmer Rouge execution ground, with a glass stupa containing 5,000 skulls..

The SOSORO Museum, housed in a striking modern building on the grounds of the National Bank of Cambodia, traces the country's monetary history from the ancient Funan kingdom through the Angkor empire to the present day. Its interactive displays and multimedia installations make it one of Phnom Penh's most engaging museums.