Battambang Provincial Museum is a museum in
Kamkor village,
Svay Por commune,
Battambang Province, western
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
. It was established in 1963 by
Madeleine Giteau
Madeleine Giteau ( Nantes, 1918 – February 2005) was a French historian and member of the Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, who devoted a great part of her life to research involving Laotian and Cambodian art, especially Khmer sculpture and ...
. It houses a notable pre and Angkorian collection of pottery, statuary, and musical instruments.
References
Museums in Cambodia
Buildings and structures in Battambang province
Museums established in 1963
Tourist attractions in Battambang province
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