Organization

Angkor Database

មូលដ្ឋានទិន្នន័យអង្គរ

The Angkor Database (មូលដ្ឋានទិន្នន័យអង្គរ) is a free online and physical library about Angkor and Khmer civilization, based in Siem Reap.[1][2] It indexes and reviews books, publications, photographs and films, and keeps biographies of the people who wrote about Cambodia.[1]

History

Templation Angkor Resort in Siem Reap has run the Angkor Database since 2016 as a social responsibility project, with support from MAADS-Living Cambodia.[2] Its physical library at the resort holds close to 1,500 books.[2] Bernard Cohen, its founder, guides visitors through the documentation center there.[3] The site is free of advertising and open without an account, paid for by its sponsors.[2]

Among the sources it thanks are the libraries of the Center for Khmer Studies and the École française d'Extrême-Orient in Siem Reap, and the documentation center of the APSARA National Authority.[2] It also thanks the National Library, National Archives and National Museum of Cambodia and the Bophana Center.[2] Partner collections on the site come from Archimages Cambodia, Kent Davis's Devata.org and the writer Andy Brouwer.[1] The site is mostly in English, with an About page in Khmer.[1]

Collections

The site's own map of its pages listed these sections on October 6, 2026.[4]

Section What it holds Entries
Authors Biographies and bibliographies of researchers, artists and photographers 927
Publications Articles, chapters, theses and booklets, most with a copy to read 357
Books Book records with publisher, year and a short review 299
Links Notes on outside archives, research tools and dictionaries 112
Films Documentaries, archive footage and dance films 72
Photos Photograph and drawing collections, mostly by photographer 65
Khmer Art Worldwide Andy Brouwer's notes on Khmer artworks and the museums that hold them 16
Archimages Image albums from Archimages Cambodia 9
Devata.org Kent Davis's photographs of devata carvings, by temple 5

It also has a glossary of Sanskrit, Khmer and Pali terms and a section of historic and modern maps and plans.[1] The author biographies grew to close to 1,000 by June 2025.[2] Temples and inscriptions have no records of their own; the site groups writing about them by subject.[1]

Khmer Art Worldwide

Andy Brouwer began this project in November 2020 to record the works on display at the National Museum of Cambodia, then widened it to Khmer art in museums around the world.[5] Its sixteen entries are:[5]

No. Entry
1 The Giant Garuda of Koh Ker
2 Shiva Ardhanarishvara ("God is a Half-Woman"), I
3 Shiva Ardhanarishvara ("God is a Half-Woman"), II
4 The Strange "Exchange" of Khmer Art Between EFEO and Japan, 1941
5 King Jayavarman VII in Angkor Thom
6 The Battle of Bhima versus Duryodhana, Prasat Chen, Koh Ker
7 Vishnu, Rama, Balarama, Phnom Da
8 Lintel, Prasat Sralao
9 Harihara, Phnom Da
10 Leper King or Yama, Terrace of the Leper King
11 Shiva and Uma, Husband and Wife, Banteay Srei
12 Vajimukha, Prasat Neang Khmau
13 Bronze Reclining Vishnu, West Mebon
15 Khmer Art at the National Gallery of Australia
16 Six Khmer Art Pieces at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
(unnumbered) The Bogus "Radcliffe Collection" and its Magnificent Pieces

Reuse

The site's own design and texts may be shared with credit to the Angkor Database. Material it reproduces stays under the copyright of its authors, unless marked as public domain.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Angkor Database, home page (undated)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Angkor Database, About ADB (undated)
  3. ↑ Wonders of Cambodia, Pascal Medeville, Video: Angkor Database Documentation Center (May 21, 2026)
  4. ↑ Angkor Database, sitemap (October 6, 2026)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Angkor Database, Andy Brouwer, Khmer Art Worldwide...and Back (undated)
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