Celebrating the Music and Arts of Cambodia
The ChubMet Festival showcases the importance of music and arts as ways for people to share their experiences, their hopes for the future, and celebrate... Read More
SHOWCASING PEACE IN CAMBODIA
The Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies (CPCS) is embarking on a journey to launch the Cambodia Peace Museum. CPCS is deeply grounded in Cambodia, and uses the rich conflict and peace history of the country as a learning space for peacework throughout Asia and beyond.
The Peace Museum will be a space for learning and reflecting on the journey from the civil war that begin in the 1970s and continued through the 1990s, with an emphasis on peace-building and reconciliation efforts.
Exhibits will explore the different approaches to ending the conflict, including the peace process that resulted in the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1991, as well as the many efforts led by Cambodians in civil society, former combatants, the government and faith groups.
The Peace Museum will seek to engage with the younger generations of Cambodians to learn from the past to sustain peace in Cambodia.
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Cambodia Peace Museum partners with ChubMet Music Festival Opening Carnival
Music and arts have played an important role in how Cambodians heal themselves, their families and their communities. Despite the best efforts of the Khmer... Read More
RESILIENCE: Let’s Tell the Story of How Cambodia Stood Up
CPCS Co-founder and Director Emma Leslie opened the RESILIENCE Exhibition with these words: “Cambodia is the possibility for us to be reminded that there is always... Read More
RESILIENCE Exhibition goes to Phnom Penh!
In October 2016, the Cambodia Peace Museum project together with CONSTABLE At Large Gallery created the photography exhibition, RESILIENCE, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of... Read More
RESILIENCE Exhibition Opening in Siem Reap
On October 23, the Cambodia Peace Museum unveiled its first exhibition titled RESILIENCE. RESILIENCE is a collaborative project with Sasha Constable of CONSTABLE At Large Gallery to commemorate... Read More
First Peace Museum Masquerade Gala
October 24, 2016 Our first Gala was incredible: Over 120 guests joined and everyone looked absolutely gorgeous arriving on the red carpet. After cocktails and... Read More
Cambodia Peace Museum joins the International Network of Museums for Peace
The Cambodia Peace Museum is pleased to announce we are now a member of the International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP). The INMP began... Read More
RESILIENCE: a Photography Exhibition, 1st October – 30th November 2016
October 23, 2016 is the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, the agreements between the four factions in Cambodia and supported... Read More
IN THEIR WORDS
“As Cambodians, we have to find ways to transform our collective trauma from the past so we can ensure that these dark experiences will not be repeated again in the future. A peace museum is a way for collecting positive energy for social healing and to give a more hopeful perspective for the future.”
, CPCS co-founder & Peace Museum visionary“The museum will celebrate Cambodia’s journey and the resilience of Cambodians that have moved the country past war. Visitors will be inspired to become actors for peace and apply what they have learned when they return home.”
, CPCS Executive Director
CAMBODIAN PEACEBUILDERS
The Cambodia Peace Museum will highlight the personal transformation of Cambodian peacebuilders and how their experiences with conflict became their motivation to work for peace, as part of the wider story of peace and reconciliation work in the country.
For some examples of the stories the museum will tell, click on the link below to browse profiles of Cambodian peacebuilders from the CPCS publication Resilience.