Cambodia Landmine Museum

The Cambodia Landmine Museum in Banteay Srei district seeks to educate visitors about the impact of mines and the importance of clearing landmines in Cambodia. There are still millions of landmines in the ground and they destroy families and communities. Over the years since the end of the civil war, Aki Ra, has worked to clear as many landmines as he could. He started to keep them and created a small museum.  The money he raised went towards support children and families who had been adversely affected by mines.

Nowadays, the Landmine Museum has grown to become a must-see place to visit in Siem Reap and the museum welcomes thousands of people each month to tell them about the continuing issues of landmines in Cambodia.

They now educate and support at-risk Cambodian children at their relief centre. The children, the staff and their families live on the museum property. However, the relief centre is not open for tourists.

The museum tells the story of Aki Ra and the history of landmines in Cambodia. Moreover, the money raised at the museum goes to funding the relief centre where children are housed, fed, educated and given a bright future which they otherwise would not have had. You don’t often see Aki Ra at the museum as he is out nearly every day coordinating teams which go around the country clearing the mines to make the land safe for communities all over the country.