Save the Date! Cambodia Peace Museum opens October 23, 2018
The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies is pleased to announce that the Cambodia Peace Museum will open on October 23, 2018. CPCS has chosen... 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’s Journey: Told Through Stained Glass
Inspired by the museum’s commitment to celebrating Cambodia’s journey to peace, Australian artists Gerry Cummins and Jill Stehn have created a series of stained-glass windows... Read More
The Peace Museum needs your help! Peace Art Project Sculptures
The Cambodia Peace Museum is raising funds to purchase a unique sculpture created through the Peace Art Project Cambodia, transforming weapons into works of art... Read More
Save the Date! 21st October 2017: The Lotus Gala
The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) is thrilled to announce the Lotus Gala, in support of the Cambodia Peace Museum project. The gala... Read More
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
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
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.