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Cambodia Landmine Museum

Tourist attraction Museum

One of the Best Places To Visits in Banteay Srei


Address

67, Phumi Khna, Cambodia

Website

www.cambodialandminemuseum.org

Contact

+855 12 971 198

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (763 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Friday: (International Women's Day), 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Hours might differ
  • Saturday: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Sunday: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Monday: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM

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  • 5/5 Ain R. 1 year ago on Google
    Fascinating to be here! You will learn a lot about how Cambodians struggled in leaving that era. To survive and live with landmines that where no to be found. The risk that they have to take. Please contribute more so that they could do more for helping people. You need to find more, to know more about this place. Feel it and Support.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Atiqah Z. 1 year ago on Google
    It’s a bit far from the city. Our tourist guide was a bit reluctant to bring us there but we insisted because of the good reviews. And I’m glad that we insisted. As a human, it’s good to see, hear and read about Cambodian landmines for us to become more human. You can meet the land mine victims yourselves there. And, plus point for the very clean toilets ✨ Entrance ticket 5usd / person.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mathias Skjæran L. 4 months ago on Google • 284 reviews
    It was very interesting to learn of the tragic history of the country and all the work they try to do to make it better. Tells you a lot of the daily life in Cambodia
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nathan C. 9 months ago on Google
    A must visit place when in Cambodia. We were lucky enough to have a guided tour by Akira himself (the curator) and learnt about his history and the fantastic work undertaken by Akira and his team. It was a moving tale and one I will be supporting in the future.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Edgar M. 1 year ago on Google
    Valuable knowledge around the efforts to keep Cambodia safe from undetonated explosives by Aki Ra and the surrounding communities. Incredible stories. Run by Aki Ra's family:)
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 I-Rate-U 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing place ! You should pay a visit. Paying the visit here like you donate indirectly. Like helping the whole nation of Cambodia to remove mine from Cambodia. Helping people living in the rural area to get aways from starvation and building more school and infrastructure and develope the human resources.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Buyu C. 1 year ago on Google
    Though cambodia didn't suffer as much as it's neighboring country from landmines. It's still sad to see those children lives were forever altered. Appreciate museums effort in bringing awareness and make the world a better place
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lee M. 1 year ago on Google
    A great insight into the life and work of Aki Ra, one of the founders of the museum and the lasting devastation the use of landmines has caused, and still is, to Cambodian families. Sure, the artifacts on display are a collection of the types of ordnance used by the Khmer Rouge on their own countrymen and the size and types of ordnance dropped by the US during the 1960's and 70's. The real purpose of visiting is to be touched by the real stories of all those innocents killed and mamed during the conflicts but also those killed and mamed since and continue to be to this day. Aki Ra and his team from the museum not only locate, disarm, and detonate such devices (in excess of 50,000 to-date) but also take in and support young victims. Please visit if you are in the area and support them with your admission fee $5, donations and purchases. Every little helps.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jeff V. 3 months ago on Google • 279 reviews New
    Very interesting at the same time very sad! It's terrible what any human can do to kill another! The $5 goes to helping people who have be injured by landmine!

  • 5/5 T R. 2 months ago on Google • 127 reviews New
    Very glad we combined a visit to the museum with nearby temples. Well worth the stop. The story of Aki Ra is one that should be heard. It demonstrates the tragedy of war decades after the fighting has actually stopped. Roughly an hour or less is about all you need to see the displays and read the stories. Be sure to use their QR codes to listen to audio in each room.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alessandra L. 4 months ago on Google • 59 reviews
    Absolutely must see when in Siem Reap, it's on the way to Bantay Srei Temple. Aki Ra's work in de mining Cambodia is impressive and well documented in this museum. What I've learnt in a couple of hours here is sad but also extremely valuable. We also met Aki Ra in real life, he just invited us over for lunch with his family! I asked if he worked at the museum, he simply replies: I work at clearing mines..... I realised he is Aki Ra!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 michael k. 1 year ago on Google
    This is a small museum dedicated to the landmine issues after a war. The entry fee helps fund searching for mines and helping land mine victims. A place to go to view some of the brutal devices used in wars and their unintended consequences.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shah R. 10 months ago on Google
    There are 5 room size of artifacts on shows. This is private museum supported by govt. Entrance fee is USD5 per person, or 20,000 Riel.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Bill S. 1 year ago on Google
    This was a great place to learn about the millions of landmines left in Cambodia after the wars of the 60-80's. It was also a good place to learn about help being given to clear land of mines and supporting the people that have been injured by these leftover, unmarked threats to life and limbs.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 René R. 1 year ago on Google
    The Cambodia Landmine Museum in Siem Reap is a must-visit for its extensive collection of landmines and other explosive remnants of war, as well as providing helpful context information. It's a sobering but essential experience that offers a unique perspective on the ongoing impact of war in Cambodia.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Duy T. 1 year ago on Google
    The museum is mostly self-explanatory with posted information. The help of a volunteer tour guide about different kinds of mines makes a huge difference in understanding the different destructive powers of those mines. Make sure to check out the minefield.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Wei Yuet W. 5 years ago on Google
    Well worth a visit. A small museum, but so important in understanding the recent history of Cambodia. The museum began from a personal effort to remove land mines. It’s also a very courageous story about being born during times of civil war, being a child solider, fighting, defecting, and finally using ones soldiering skills to demine Cambodia. It’s a depressing, yet hopeful story.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Samantha P. 2 months ago on Google • 77 reviews New
    An incredible museum where you get to speak with the founder who is the survivor of the child army. He was orphaned and has made it his life mission to educate and help others. Very moving and inspirational. Please support him.

  • 5/5 Laui N. 4 months ago on Google • 73 reviews
    The quantity of the explosives is astonishing. Civilians are always the primary targets of weapons like mines and they suffer from them decades after the war.

  • 5/5 Blu S. 3 months ago on Google • 67 reviews New
    Beautiful landmine museum with many landmines, tank mines and so on. Museum is full of information and divided in sections to better explaining part of the Cambodia's history. I was lucky enough to have the owner speaking to us and talking about his life as a soldier and now working to demining the country. Please make yourself a present and go to visit it 😊

  • 5/5 ollie b. 3 months ago on Google • 53 reviews New
    Please come here!! The museum is incredible, you see weapons, land mines and other explosives that haven’t been polished or shined, it’s a very real experience!!!! The proceeds of your ticket go to helping mine removal and schools in the area!!

  • 5/5 CAMBO D. 5 months ago on Google
    Very nice to explore about war and landmine in Cambodia. If you want to see there please contact me +85598344747

  • 4/5 Ross S. 1 year ago on Google
    This is a sombre reminder of what humans do to other humans. The sheer amount of mines and explosive devices here is incredible. When you think of the number of devices deployed it is minuscule. The story of the founder is also amazing and what he did to help the maimed is heart moving. Not a big flashy museum but one that moves you.

  • 5/5 Tore W. 1 year ago on Google
    A lot of very interesting information and things to see. Would recommend planning a day doing things nearby as it is smaller than other museums. But doesn't take away from its wow factor.

  • 5/5 Warren C. 3 months ago on Google • 10 reviews New
    A unique museum telling the stories of those affected by land mines. While you’re there, buy some souvenirs to help fund their work to remove land mines that are killing people daily.

  • 5/5 Megan J. 1 year ago on Google
    Harrowing but very informative. Definitely visit this museum if you have time. It is on the way to the Kulen mountains and the Banteay Srey temple. Staffed by a volunteer who was a landmine victim himself and lived at the museum as a child while he was put through school. Such an important part of history that must not be forgotten. Your ticket price goes to support the ongoing removal of landmines around Cambodia.

  • 1/5 Russ J. 1 year ago on Google
    We visited in authentic Wartime conditions! Across the road, the burning of huge piles of leaves, tree branches, and trash began, sending clouds of thick toxic smoke straight into the museum. When i choked out a comment, how offensive this is... Got the usual khmer response: Laugh at the barang! We left as quickly as possible.

  • 5/5 Georgie H. 4 years ago on Google
    Such a amazing but sad museum. $5 entrance fee and every single cent goes to a good cause. You learn about the tragic past of Cambodia and how Ali Ra as well as his team gas deactivated so many land mines, saving so many lives! A fair distance out of town but 100% worth the drive

  • 5/5 Veronica O. 8 months ago on Google
    Amazing experience. So worth coming to. It is small and doesn't take much time to go through the exhibits. Usually they have tours that explain how they locate and remove landmines. The employees are all people who have survived landmine explosions. Their stories are very powerful! Definitely worth coming.

  • 5/5 Martin L. 4 years ago on Google
    This is the most depressing must see museum I have ever been to. The exhibits carefully detail the widespread use of landmines in Cambodia and other areas of SE Asia. It chronicles the widespread devastation during the USA led war in SE Asia and the terrible killing and life altering effects of the mines to this day. The sobering story is timely today and we are reminded of the decades of horrible impact that war has on innocent children and families. Technology exists to remove miles of mines but resources are not yet allocated.

  • 5/5 Kielan D. 5 years ago on Google
    We went to this museum on the way back to central Siem Reap. The museum is laid out properly and shows the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. They show the different types of land mines that were used. Entry is not expensive and goes to helping run the place and I believe donation to nonprofits trying to de-mine Cambodia.

  • 5/5 Phiroz T. 1 year ago on Google
    An eye-opening and deeply moving experience. The museum is an incredible testament to the good that one truly dedicated person can do for the world. Although it is small (just 4 rooms and some outdoor displays) the museum teaches the history of the Cambodian genocide and civil war in succinct, powerful fashion. Unlike at many war museums, we left this one uplifted and with a feeling of hope. Halfway through our visit, Aki Ra arrived from the field and gave us a personal tour and demonstration. Nothing brings history to life like meeting one of its heroes! This was a visit we will never forget. It was as essential to our experience as Angkor Wat!

  • 5/5 Sadaf F. 1 year ago on Google
    Very jarring to read the experiences of an actual child soldier. Very educational, and humbling.

  • 5/5 Andrew D. 1 year ago on Google
    Well worth a visit if you’re going out to see the Angkor temples. Small but intense museum documenting some of Cambodia’s recent past. Makes you appreciate the bravery and resilience of Cambodians and other people in countries dealing with the aftereffects of war. There are even QR codes you can scan with your phone to provide a free audio guide and free WiFi is available.

  • 5/5 Alan S. 1 year ago on Google
    Charming and touched your soul. Great way to get versed on basic Khmer history and learn more about the atrocities that happened almost 50 years ago This is a self-built museum so don't expect cuestión or museógrafo by - just facts, mines and pictures- and that's more than enough to get the message through, trust me


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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