Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
សារមន្ទីរ និងវិចិត្រសាល
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1.4 km
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ដើរ 18 នាទី
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4.6/5 នៅលើ Google
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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum ស្ថិតនៅចម្ងាយ 1.4 km ទិស អាគ្នេយ៍ នៃ Leaph Sokhak Hotel — ដើរប្រហែល 18 នាទី។ វាជាកន្លែងដែលនៅជិតសណ្ឋាគារបំផុតក្នុងប្រភេទ “សារមន្ទីរ និងវិចិត្រសាល”។
កន្លែងពីរបន្ទាប់ក្នុង “សារមន្ទីរ និងវិចិត្រសាល” ពី Leaph Sokhak Hotel គឺ National Museum of Cambodia (2.8 km)និងSOSORO - Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum (3.0 km) ដូច្នេះមានជម្រើសក្នុងរយៈពេលប៉ុន្មាននាទី។
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum occupies the grounds of a former Khmer Rouge prison and interrogation centre in central Phnom Penh. The compound consists of several buildings where thousands of prisoners were held, interrogated, and killed between 1975 and 1979. Visitors move through the structures on self-guided routes, encountering preserved cells, photographs of victims, and documentation of the camp's operations. The museum presents the historical record through physical space and archival material rather than elaborate displays.
Most visitors describe the experience as sobering and essential to understanding Cambodia's recent history. Many note that the audio guide, available for an additional fee beyond the entrance charge, significantly deepens the visit by providing context and individual stories of prisoners. Visitors consistently mention the impact of seeing the photographs of victims — thousands of faces identified only by numbers — and some report encountering survivors during their visit. A few reviewers note that while the audio guide is thorough, it stops short of describing the most graphic details, which some see as an appropriate restraint and others feel obscures the full reality of what occurred.
The museum opens daily from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. An entrance fee applies, with the audio guide as a separate optional cost. The visit is physically and emotionally demanding; visitors should allow several hours. It suits those seeking to understand Cambodia's twentieth-century history and is often described as a necessary counterpart to other major historical sites. The experience is not lighthearted or recreational, but visitors across reviews emphasize its importance.
1.4 km ពីសណ្ឋាគារ — ដើរប្រហែល 18 នាទី
ទទួលបានពិន្ទុ 4.6 លើ 5 ពីអ្នកធ្វើដំណើរ 12,153 នាក់នៅលើ Google
★★★★★
All my love to the Cambodian people.
What they went through is inimaginable. Visiting S21 should be a mandatory visit for everyone, and learn about the mistakes made in the past.
Congratulations to everyone involved in making this museum possible. Audio guide was good and easy to follow.
★★★★☆
Highly recommend using the audio guide. It cost additional $5 on top of $5 entrance fee but it is worth it. The audio guide provides details about the place, dedicatedly guides you through your journey, and tells you deep stories about S-21's prisoners.
I can say that the audio guide greatly amplified my visit here.
However, I feel like many cruel details were avoided being told because the museum doensn't want to expose its visitors to strong emotions
★★★★★
A solemn experience. A must visit if you're in Phnom Penh. We even met one of the four children who survived the prison camp. Words cannot really do justice to how you feel when you see what happened there.
★★★★★
There’s no rating for this either. What do five stars mean in a room where the floor tiles are the same ones people bled on? The photographs on the walls look back at you — thousands of faces, numbered before they were killed, because even in the machinery of death there was paperwork, filing, bureaucratic precision. That’s the quiet horror of this place: it wasn’t chaos. It was organized. Someone kept records. Someone stamped forms. Someone clocked in.
You walk the halls and realize the guards were not demons summoned from elsewhere. They were young, some barely out of childhood themselves, shaped by fear and ideology into instruments of cruelty. The banality of it is what lingers — not lightning bolts of evil, but ordinary hands doing terrible, repeated work.
This isn’t a museum you visit to be entertained or even simply educated. It’s a place you visit to be confronted — with how th
★★★★★
Interesting insight into the genocide of the late 70's. Makes you think. Not going here would be like going to Krakow and not seeing Auchwitz. Also got to sit with one of only 2 survivors left alive (only 8 survived the prison that went in). Go see it for yourself if you are in Phnom Penh
ការវាយតម្លៃដែលបានផ្សព្វផ្សាយនៅលើ Google ដោយអ្នកធ្វើដំណើរ។
Street 113, 3, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Monday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 A
