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Museum Library

The library is located above the Entrance Gallery which contains a substantial collection of historical, religious, artistic and archaeological literature (in French, English and Khmer). The library entrance is located south of the Main Gallery entrance.

Open daily: 8:00 - 11:00am and 2:15 - 5:00pm


Library References

This list is by no means exhaustive, but contains many of the standard references to earlier catalogues of the collection and photographic references in the form of published illustrations.

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Cambodge: Photographies d’Art Khmer, V. Brun, Inspecteur des batiments civils, Phnom Penh, 1906

Catalogue de Musée Khmér de Phnom Pén [sic], Henri Parmentier, Imprimerie d’Extrême-Orient, Hanoi, 1912

Cérémonie d’Inauguration du Musée Albert Sarraut et de L’Ecole des Arts Cambodgiens, sous la Présidence d’Honneur de SA Majesté Sisowath, Imprimerie du Protectorate, Phnom Penh, 1920

Bronzes Khmèrs : Etude basée sur des documents recueillis par M.P. Lefèvre-Pontalis dans les collections publiques et privées de Bangkok et sur les pièces conservées au Palais Royal de Phnom Penh au Musée du Cambodge et au Musée de l’Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient, George Cœdès, G. van Oest et Cie editeurs, Paris & Bruxelles, 1923

Catalogue général du Musée du Cambodge (Musée Albert Sarraut), George Groslier, Imprimerie d’Extrême-Orient, Hanoi, 1924

Arts et Archéologie Khmers : Revue des Recherches sur les Arts les Monuments et l’Ethnographie du Cambodge, depuis les Origines jusqu’à nos Jours, George Groslier, vols. I & II, Société d’Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales Ancienne Maison Challamel, Paris, 1924-1926

Les Collections Khmères du Musée Albert Sarraut à Phnom-Penh, George Groslier, Ars Asiatica, vol. XVI, G. van Oest, Paris, 1931

La statuaire Khmère et son évolution, Jean Boisselier, vol. XXXVI, Publicationss Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient, Saigon, 1955 (text & plates)

Guide du Musée national de Phnom-Penh, Madeleine Giteau, Office national du tourisme, Phnom Penh, 1960

Guide du Musée national: 1 - Sculpture; 2 - Pièces d’architecture - Inscriptions, Madeleine Giteau, Office national du tourisme & Departement du Tourisme, Phnom Penh, 1960-1968 (2 vols)

Liste Générale des Monuments Historiques Khmèrs 1972, Khmere Republique, le Gouvernement, Phnom Penh, 1972

Encyclopaedia of Asian nations, vols I-IX, Louis Frédéric, Louis Frédéric Publisher, Villecresnes, 1977

Listes des Monuments Historiques: Conference Annuelle 1980, Direction de la Conservation, Monuments, des Musées et du Tourisme, Kampuchea Republique Populaire, Phnom Penh, 1980

Organisation museologique au Cambodge, Lan Sunnary, Association Culturelle Pierres d’Angkor, Paris, 1987

The Age of Angkor: Treasures from the National Museum of Cambodia, Michael Brand and Chuch Phoeun, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1992

Khmer art in stone, a walk-through guide to the main styles of Khmer art as seen through the stone pieces on display, Pich Keo, compiled by Nicola Smith, National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh (1994); reprinted (with corrections) in English, French, Japanese & Khmer, [1996]

Angkor et dix siècles d’art khmer, catalogue produced under the direction of Helen I. Jessup & Thierry Zéphir, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1997

Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millenium of Glory, Helen Ibbitson Jessup & Thiérry Zephir editors, National Gallery of Art, Washington / Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris / Thames and Hudson, 1997

Cent Objets disparus: One Hundred Missing Objects, Pillage à Angkor: Looting in Angkor, new edition, ICOM-EFEO, Paris, 1997

Angkor Vat and a millenium of Khmer art, [Angkor Wat to Khmer bijutsu no sen nen ten], Metropolitan Museum of Tokyo / Municipal Museum of Arts, Ôsaka, Asahi Shimbunsha / NHK, Tokyo, 1997 (in Japanese)

The Ganesa of the National Museum, H.E. Son Soubert, Khun Samen, Olivier de Bernon et al., Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, 2000 (English & French editions)

Post-Angkorian Buddha, Khun Samen, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, 2000 (English, French & Khmer editions)

The New Guide to the National Museum Phnom Penh, Khun Samen, Department of Museums, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, 2001, 2006 & 2007 (English, French & Khmer editions)

Art & Architecture of Cambodia, Helen Ibbitson Jessup, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004

Preah Neang Tevi: Collections of the National Museum, Phnom Penh, Khun Samen, Department of Museums, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, 2005 (English, French & Khmer editions)

Angkor: Göttliches Erbe Kambodschas, Wibke Lobo & Helen Ibbitson Jessup, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 2006

 

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