Angkor Ceramic Museum at Tani

Coordinates: 13°28′44″N 104°00′30″E / 13.4787811°N 104.0083639°E / 13.4787811; 104.0083639
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Angkor Ceramic Museum at Tani
សារមន្ទីរកុលាលភាជន៍អង្គរ ភូមិតានី
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EstablishedDecember 15, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-15)
LocationTani Village, Run Ta Ek Commune, Prasat Bakong District, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Coordinates13°28′44″N 104°00′30″E / 13.4787811°N 104.0083639°E / 13.4787811; 104.0083639

The Angkor Ceramic Museum at Tani (Khmer: សារៈមន្ទីរ​កុលាលភាជន៍អង្គរភូមិតានី) is a museum located in Tani Village, Siem Reap, Cambodia. In 1990s, researchers have discovered some locations of Khmer ancient kiln in Angkor area. Excavation on the furnace structure, the process of ancient kiln and Khmer ceramics in Tani village began in 1996[1].
Angkor Ceramic Museum at Tani is the first museum in Cambodia to be built on an archaeological site and opened in 2009.[2] This museum provides important information about the daily life, trade, development of handicrafts and Khmer ceramics of ancestors during the Angkor period.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Angkor Ceramic Museum at Tani". APSARA National Authority.
  2. ^ "Angkor Ceramic Museum Spotlights Legacy of Angkorian Ceramic Industry". Cambodianess.
  3. ^ "Angkor Ceramic Museum at Tani village, Khmer Ceramic Industrial Site in Angkorian period". Khmer Times.