Recently opened, the Preah Khan Visitor Centre (funded by the World Monuments Fund) is a unique living heritage museum that explains the local culture and village life which was based around the wonderful temple over the centuries.

How the temple was built is explained on large displays, and there is also a specially commissioned map of the whole area. An exhibition by a local photographer documents contemporary life in the nearby villages, and Buddhists who still use Preah Khan temple as a sacred place of worship, making offerings at the central stupa.

Preah Khan temple is the second largest temple in the Angkor area and an estimated 70,000 people lived and worked there in the 12th century. Many local people claim to have ancestors who lived in the area during the reign of the great King Jayavarman VII.

There is no charge to enter the Visitor Centre, but you will need a valid Angkor temple pass.

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