Battambang Museum

Two elegant – even though as but nameless – avenues, with parkland down the center, grace the city centre. One is going via the Centre Culturel Français (one block north of NH5), even as the opposite stretches west from the profitable Battambang Museum . Highlights include exceptional Angkorian lintels and statuary from throughout Battambang Province, such as Phnom Banan and Sneng. Signs are in Khmer, English and French.Battambang’s Museum isn’t as properly blessed with famous as its opposite numbers in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, however it nonetheless homes a treasure trove of fantastically sculpted lintels and other enormous artifacts from all over Battambang Province, which include portions from Phnom Banan and Sneng, as such it ought to be a definite prevent on every body’s go to to Battambang. Two in particular interesting portions are a thirteenth century statue of a Bodhisattva ‘tattooed’ with 1000 Buddhas, and a nicely worn depiction of Yama on a buffalo. Next door to the Museum is a small exhibition vicinity that often has thrilling shows proposing information on local agriculture and fishing practices, and local legends and people stories.