Artisans d'Angkor

The Rebirth of Angkor Arts and Crafts

Artisans Angkor is a Cambodian limited company that was created in 1992, to help young rural population find work in their home villages. It provides them with 6 months high-skilled training and a vocation from which they can make a living.

The company employs over 1,000 people, of which 686 involve craftsmen. Twelve workshops are currently operating in Siem Reap province and help to slow down rural depopulation by increasing rural Cambodian families’ income.

Since its creation, AA has pioneered a new social policy in Cambodia with contracted levels of pay along with social and medical benefits, and 5% of our craftsmen are people with disabilities. The craftsmen have formed an association which holds a 20-percent share in the company. This fully qualifies Artisans d’Angkor as a fair trade company.

Artisans d’Angkor thus allows Cambodians to retrieve their cultural heritage so as to build their pride in their roots. It also gives them a sense of well-being, dignity and self-esteem to better approach the future.

Discovering artisans and their crafts…

Visitors are welcome to experience traditional Cambodian handicraft skills and see how artisans produce unique items based on Khmer national heritage.

A cruise around the workshops, will detail you how craftsmen master ancient crafts, such as lacquer work, stone and woodcarving as well as silk painting. With painstaking care, they reproduce many statues, bas relief and paintings inspired by original models. Thus, a complete free tour will provide you a glimpse into the various and high quality work produced by our artisans that are sold in our on-site space.

In its willingness to showcase the diversity of Cambodian handicrafts, Artisans d’Angkor is also promoting local crafts producers by giving them the opportunity to show their products in our spaces under Artisanat d’Angkor brand.

Chantiers-Ecoles - Stung Thmey, Siem Reap (Main shop)