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Written by Phon Kaseka and Phon Chea Kosal
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Monday, 19 October 2009 02:19 |
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To ensure the site’s sustainable development, the Sre Ampil Archaeological and Conservation Project opened a new Museum in 2006. The Museum is an important part of the SAACP. It will function independently thanks to collaboration with the provincial authorities and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. The conservation staffs of the National Phnom Penh Museum have also agreed to assist SAACP in the organization and management of the Museum. The Sre Ampil archaeological site will also be used as a permanent field research training ground for Royal University if Fine Arts students in archaeology, and possibly for students in anthropology and tourism studies from other universities.
The Sre Ampil museum construction is completely finished. The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) funds the 2-year long project which includes the construction of a museum and an excavation survey at the Sre Ampil site.
The size of the museum is: wide= 5m, length= 10.50m, height= 5.80m, including an exhibition hall, a souvenir selling corner, and a working office. After the museum construction is completed, the following tasks must be carried out in order to provide for its sustainable operations. As some of the cultural artifacts are presently owned by villagers; they are not safe until they are brought into the museum.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2009 07:49 |
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Thursday, 13 August 2009 08:42 |
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Ampil archaeological site was identified and conducted research which included excavation and museum construction by young Cambodian archaeologists who graduated from the Faculty of Archaeology, the University of Fine Arts.
The research is under going on. The museum which named Sre Ampil museum is open to the public for the awareness of the history of the site and the value of Khmer culture to the students, villagers, local authority governors and so on. Artifacts are being displayed. Most artifacts are the collections collected by Phon Cheakosal during his conducting survey for his B.A. thesis graduation in 2004; collections from donation of Prof. Son Soubert and also the collections from the donations of the villagers living on the site.
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2009 02:53 |
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