{"id":4358,"date":"2024-12-24T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2024-12-14T16:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:58:57","slug":"angkor-national-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/angkor-national-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Angkor National Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Angkor National Museum, is located on Charles de Gaulle Avenue also known as Preah Sihanouk Avenue in Siem Reap, Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"leaflet-map WPLeafletMap\" style=\"height:250px; width:100%;\"><\/div><script>\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin || [];\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.push(function WPLeafletMapShortcode() {\/*<script>*\/\nvar baseUrl = atob('aHR0cHM6Ly97c30udGlsZS5vcGVuc3RyZWV0bWFwLm9yZy97en0ve3h9L3t5fS5wbmc=');\nvar base = (!baseUrl && window.MQ) ?\n    window.MQ.mapLayer() : L.tileLayer(baseUrl,\n        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href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer_Empire\">Khmer Empire<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angkor\">Angkor<\/a>\u00a0period circa 9th to 14th-century.\u00a0So they contain examples from the earlier Hindu period as well as later Buddhist ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A buddha at the Angkor National Museum\" class=\"wp-image-4361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum1.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A buddha at the Angkor National Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum2.jpeg\" alt=\"Hindu frieze at the Angkor National Museum\" class=\"wp-image-4362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum2.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum2-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">a delicately carved Hindu frieze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum3.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Seated statue at the Angkor National Museum\" class=\"wp-image-4363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum3.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seated statue at the Angkor National Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-scaled.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Scale model of Angkor Wat\" class=\"wp-image-4364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum4-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scale model of Angkor Wat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum5.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum5-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Hindu deity at the Angkor National Museum\" class=\"wp-image-4365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum5-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum5-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AngNatMuseum5.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hindu deity at the Angkor National Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also their website: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/angkornationalmuseum.com\">https:\/\/angkornationalmuseum.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angkor_National_Museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angkor_National_Museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wikipedia page wrongly states that the museum has a <em>strict no-photos policy<\/em>. This is out of date, you may, as I did, take photos but flash photography is forbidden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Angkor National Museum, is located on Charles de Gaulle Avenue also known as Preah Sihanouk Avenue in Siem Reap, Cambodia. 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