Cambodia & SEA

The visionary park-museum launched in 1963 by Lek Viriyaphant in Bangkok, "from dawn to the Siam civilization".

In English, Chinese, Thai & Korean

A richly illustrated journey through Indochina, and in particular Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.

In French

Siam, Annam, and (indirectly) Cambodia in this recollection of Tsarevich Nikolai II's travel to Asia.

In Russian

One of the first Russian extensive accounts of Cambodia at the end of the 19th century, by erudite and diplomat G.A. de Vollan

In Russian

A joyful explosion of Thai, Khmer, Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist artistic influences in a sanctuary dedicated to devotion and creative woodcraft.

In English

An open access resource on cultural and archaelogical research across Southeast Asia.

Anthropological resources on Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on Thailand

Angkor and Phnom Penh taken back from the Khmer Rouge in 1979: a rare and highly documented feature movie from Vietnam.

In Vietnamese

An interdisciplinary review founded in 1976 byt two renowned Indian scholars

How a Thai classic horror movie turns to a Cambodian shaman as last recourse against a female ghost as enduring as true love.

In Thai

The 1954 historic diplomatic tour by a a photogenic leader, Pandit Nehru.

Outstanding 1920s pictures by a professional photographer, the first major artistic survey of Angkor after John Thomson's and Emile Gsell's contributions.

A rare photographic account on Saigon, Cambodia, Laos and Singapore dating back from 1904, by a civil engineer and talented amateur photographer.

Archeological, architectural and historical sum on Indic influences in Southeast Asia.

In French

The Beat Generation forward-thinker spent five days in Angkor during his 1963 journey from India to Japan. Here is his voice.

In English

While the Angkorian civilization never developed a real monetary system, the kingdoms of Funan and Chenla did use various types of money in their transactions.

In English

Back to the Siamese statesman's visit to Preah Vihear, claimed by Thai nationalists until the international recognition of Cambodia's rights in 1962

Photographer Raymond Cauchetier was in his thirties when he fulfilled a childhood dream: to see Angkor Wat.

Collection of drawings and paintings from the students of the Gia Dinh Fine Arts School

In English & French

70 plates from the first major study in sculpture found in Siam authored by a Berlin art curator and critic in the 1920s.