Still crazy after all these years, Peng Heng tells his story on life passion. GT2/Taing Rinith

Taing Rinith
July 12 2018

Peng Heng says many foreigners have made him offers, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he always refused to part with them.

"From outside, the Museum Café, located in the middle of Street 124 and opened in 2017, looks no different from thousands of other coffee shops in Phnom Penh. Yet, the first few steps into the modest-sized room gives visitors the same feeling of entering a historical museum and for the elders, a nostalgic trip back to their childhood."

“That museum displayed so many vintage items,” he says. “Then I found out that there were museums like these around the world, except Cambodia. And then I asked myself, ‘why shouldn’t I start the first one here"

"Some visible rare articles include a Leica III (1936) DRP Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Camera, several ship telescopes or spy-glasses used by Norwegian and British captains in the 1700s and 1800s and an Edison Standard Phonograph with all accessories."

"Peng Heng claims that the car, which was bought from Steung Treng, used to belong to Sin Sisamut, the most beloved Khmer singer of all time whose velvet voice and lyrics earned him the nickname “Golden-Voiced Emperor”.

"Museum Cafe is located on Street 124, near Russian Federation Blvd. It is open from 7am-9pm. Tel: 085 711 979."

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Man, this is great. I love historical tchotchkes.

I'll be heading out to have a look soon.

Idk man, he says the place is haunted.

“I believe in spiritualism, and I have felt that I have been connected to the spirits of the owners of things I bought,” he says, adding he always gets goose bumps whenever he talks about the spirits.

“Occasionally, I hear their voices and I sometimes am witness to the paranormal, such as the phonograph playing by itself and a broken clock working for a while.”

A broken clock correct once a day, for a while.


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whatwat wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:00 pm A broken clock correct once a day, for a while.

I thought it was correct twice a day.

I think you're right, but the post probably was made thinking that many others might not make it through the full day without being run over by a Range Rover en-route, quite a fair guess?

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whatwat wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:00 pm A broken clock correct once a day, for a while.


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I thought it was correct twice a day.

24 hour clock.


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This place looks really interesting. I will, for sure, be visiting the next time in PP.

Headed out there the other day.

It's a pretty cool little place. Not a bad spot to while away a lazy afternoon with an iced coffee.

Thanks @Kung-fu Hillbilly

Brody wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:50 pm Headed out there the other day.

It's a pretty cool little place. Not a bad spot to while away a lazy afternoon with an iced coffee.

Thanks @Kung-fu Hillbilly

Great. I'm as happy for Mr Heng as for you. Was the good store keeper in to have a chat with?