Cambodian Landmine Museum
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The Cambodia Landmine Museum is a museum in Siem Reap in Cambodia. It's not just a museum but an educational center that generates revenue to directly fund Landmine clearance in Cambodia. It also uses the funds to educate the kids and villagers to identify landmines and explosives and safely avoid any contact. Founded by a Cambodian humanitarian deminer Aki Ra the museum documents of one of the most inspiring true stories of hope and transformation. A story of himself as a child who was forced to plant landmines and kill and how he chose the path to remove more landmines than he had planted and made his life's mission to make Cambodia landmine and explosives free. Unlike traditional military museums, the Cambodia Landmine Museum focuses on the human consequences of war, combining historical exhibitions with peace education, mine risk education, and public awareness. Its collection consists primarily of deactivated landmines, unexploded ordnance, weapons, military artefacts, and personal items recovered from former battlefields and minefields across Cambodia. The museum is operated by the Cambodia Landmine Museum Relief Fund, a Cambodian non governmental organization that supports educational programmes, community outreach, and humanitarian activities related to landmine awareness and explosive remnants of war. Located approximately 25 kilometers north east of Siem Reap and o
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