Minister of Culture: 100 items repatriated

via Phnom Penh Post, 09 February 2022 and other source: A series of stories from the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts’ annual general meeting.

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has assessed it accomplishments since the 2019 government mandate began, and concluded that it has achieved a great deal in the area of reparation and in the preservation of temples, ancient buildings and artefacts.

The culture ministry held an annual meeting on February 9 to wrap up its 2021 achievements and plan for 2022.

Speaking during the opening of the meeting, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona said that since 2019, the ministry had repaired and preserved 109 ancient buildings and temples, 8,296 pieces of artefacts, 509 ethnographic objects, and 31,046 pieces of Sleuk Rith manuscripts.

She added that the ministry had received a total of 31,434 artistic objects from different sources, including more than 100 artefacts which will be returned from abroad following more than three years of negotiations.

Source: Minister of Culture: 100 items repatriated | Phnom Penh Post