Museum
The museum officially opened to the public in 2009, significantly expanding the site’s capacity for documenting and displaying historical documents.
The on site museum in Choeung Ek Genocidal Center was built in 2008 and had three rooms:
Room 1: Permanent Exhibition Room.
Room 2: Video Display Room.
Room 3: Temporary Exhibition Room.
The museum officially opened to the public in 2009, significantly expanding the site’s capacity for documenting and displaying historical documents. In 2024, the video display room was expanded to incorporate the temporary permanent exhibition space.
The museum exhibits a core permanent exhibition where visitors can study documents on the structure of the government of Democratic Kampuchea, photographs of the occupation of Phnom Penh on April 17, photographs of victims, photographs from the first excavations at the site in 1980, and evidence from subsequent trials, including the confession of Comrade Kaing Gek Eav (also known as “Duch”).
The museum’s purpose is to provide an educational and comprehensive tour of the Khmer Rouge regime’s leadership’s plans and crimes, as well as the process of justice for families and victims.
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center enhances the learning spaces to support Cambodia’s path of remembrance, reconciliation, and resilience with a newly installed LED screen and the reopening of its renovated video display room. These upgrades aim to enhance the site’s educational infrastructure by offering both local and international visitors a more immersive and engaging experience, reinforcing the Center’s role in peace education and reconciliation.
