Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum - SOSORO

Name

Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum - SOSORO

Legal name

Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum of Economy and Money

Website

https://sosoro.nbc.gov.kh

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural heritage museum (Museum of Economy and Money)

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers (459420)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRALAJAG

Museum, Zoo & Attraction Gift Shops

Consumer Products & Retail/Specialty Retail (Hobby, Books, Office, Pet, Toys)/Gift, Novelty & Souvenir Retail

Keywords

• Economic history museum
• Monetary history exhibits
• Cultural heritage institution
• Interactive museum experiences
• Numismatic collection Cambodia

Headquarters

HQ city

Phnom Penh

HQ country

Cambodia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Admission fees collected from visitors with tiered pricing for students, Cambodian nationals, and foreigners. Tickets are valid for the entire day, allowing multiple visits within operating hours.
2. Gift Shop Sales: Sale of commemorative coins, handicrafts, Cambodian ornaments, posters, paintings, and books in Khmer, English, and French languages.
3. Café Klaing Food & Beverage: On-site café serving coffee, smoothies, juices, and Asian and Western food from 7AM to 5PM daily, accessible from the garden or independently from the museum.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SOSORO is a museum dedicated to the history of economy and money in Cambodia, offering a permanent physical exhibition spanning 2,000 years of monetary history across twelve themed modules, supplemented by rotating temporary exhibitions, 360° immersive virtual experiences, and the Khmerica Francophone digital library. Admission is sold at the door with tiered pricing for students, Cambodian nationals, and foreigners, alongside ancillary on-site sales from a gift shop and Café Klaing.

Product overview

The SOSORO Museum is a single unified museum experience operated by the National Bank of Cambodia, offering a combination of physical and digital offerings. The core product is the permanent exhibition showcasing 2,000 years of Cambodia's monetary history across twelve modules. Supporting digital products include the Khmerica Francophone Digital Library and 360° immersive virtual experiences. Additional services include multilingual audio guides, an interactive educational space with multimedia components, a library, gift shop, garden, and Café Klaing. The museum uses state-of-the-art museography combining artifacts, new technology, and edutainment elements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Khmerica Database: A Francophone digital library providing access to French-language books, journals, and documents dedicated to Cambodia, both historical and contemporary.
• Café Klaing

Products and services

• SOSORO Permanent Exhibition Permanent museum exhibition spanning 2,000 years of Cambodia's monetary and economic history, organized into twelve themed modules (1st–15th century Funan to Angkor, 1431–1953 Kingdoms to Protectorate, and 1953–1998 Independence, wars and reconstruction), featuring monetary artifacts, display cases, multimedia panels, and audiovisual presentations for general visitors, tourists, students, and researchers.
• Temporary Exhibitions and 360° Immersive Virtual Experiences Rotating temporary exhibitions presented as 360° immersive virtual experiences, allowing remote visitors to navigate and zoom into high-definition illustrated panels covering historical events and artworks. Examples include King Sisowath's 1906 journey to France, Cambodian pagoda paintings from 1890–1970, and retrieved paintings of Phnom Penh's Silver Pagoda.
• Khmerica Francophone Digital Library A free, searchable Francophone digital library providing access to a vast corpus of French-language books, journals, and documents—both historical and contemporary—dedicated to Cambodia, designed for researchers, academics, students, and the broader Francophone community.
• Café Klaing On-site café serving coffee, smoothies, juices, and Asian and Western food, open daily from 7AM to 5PM, with views of the museum garden and the colonial-era heritage building, accessible independently of museum admission.
• Museum Gift Shop Gift shop offering unique creations including commemorative and souvenir coins, handicrafts, Cambodian ornaments, posters, paintings, and books in Khmer, English, and French, accessible to both museum visitors and walk-in customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 permanent exhibition modules covering 2,000 years of Cambodian monetary history
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Melon Rouge AgencyminorOthersCreative agency responsible for the museum's visual design and branding. Mentioned as the designer of the museum's visual identity and materials.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: Major Phnom Penh museum operated as a memorial and historical site. Comparable to SOSORO as another flagship cultural institution in Phnom Penh competing for the same inbound tourism traffic.
• National Museum of Cambodia: Cambodia's primary national museum covering art, archaeology, and Khmer cultural heritage. Same country and tourism visitor base as SOSORO but with broader historical and artistic scope rather than economic/monetary focus.
• Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art: US Smithsonian museum with significant Khmer and Cambodian art holdings. Indirectly comparable for SOSORO's content relevance to Cambodian cultural heritage and as a globally recognized institutional benchmark for Asian museum programming.

Regional players

• National Museum of Singapore: Major Southeast Asian national museum. Comparable in scale and national-institution positioning to SOSORO but located in Singapore and with broader historical scope; useful as a regional benchmark for Southeast Asian museum operations.

Direct peers

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority Information Centre: Central bank-operated exhibition space in Hong Kong showcasing monetary history and economic education. Comparable to SOSORO as an Asian central-bank-backed museum with similar monetary-education mission.
• Bank of England Museum: Central bank-operated museum in London dedicated to monetary and economic history, established by the Bank of England. The closest functional analogue to SOSORO: both are central-bank-funded, exhibition-driven institutions educating the public on the history of money and banking.
• Museum of American Finance: New York-based museum dedicated to the history of finance, money, and economic events. Closely mirrors SOSORO's niche focus on monetary and economic history as a standalone museum category.
• Federal Reserve History Museum (Federal Reserve Board): US Federal Reserve's historical exhibits and resources on monetary and economic history. Functionally comparable to SOSORO's central-bank-led approach to public monetary education.
• Royal Mint Museum: Wales-based museum covering 1,100 years of coin minting and monetary history. Directly comparable to SOSORO's focus on coins, minting artifacts (e.g., the 1853 Ang Duong screw press), and monetary history narratives.
• Cité de l'Économie et de la Monnaie (Banque de France): Paris-based economy and money museum operated by the Banque de France. Directly comparable to SOSORO's economic/monetary mission and uniquely relevant given SOSORO's French-language Khmerica library and Francophone collections.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/preah-srey-i%C3%A7anavarman-museum
• Instagraminstagram.com/sosoro_museum
• TikToktiktok.com/@sosoromuseum

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