The National Library of Cambodia in Phnom Penh was designed by the French architect Louis Chauchon, whose first realized project it was. The French colonial administration inaugurated it. The article gives no separate construction dates, and the infobox and text agree on the opening on December 24, 1924.
The article gives no style, materials or dimensions. It started with 2,879 books, mainly in French. Pach Chhoeun became the first Khmer director in 1951.
It closed in 1975, and during the Khmer Rouge era it was used as accommodation and many books were destroyed. Of 40 earlier workers, only two returned. It was re-established from 1980 and now holds 103,635 copies in Khmer, French, English and German, along with 305 palm leaf manuscripts on microfilm. The article gives no hours.
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