The AHA is a wonderful place to purchase Cambodian gifts and souvenirs to take home. Homemade pottery, silverware, textiles, stone work and more are features and sold. All goods are certifiably made in Cambodia. The quality is top notch. The prices will be higher than in the markets downtown, but only here are you guaranteed a huge a real product from a local artisan.
Great artisan products and all the staff are very helpful and friendly but not pushy like some of the markets in town. Well worth a visit!
Nice place with local handicraft. Highly recommended. Much better than the commercial market downtown.
The people who work there are very unasuming unlike some places, were they follow you about trying the hard sell.
We bought a bag made by someone who has HIV glad to help support this worthy cause and pick up a very nice product into the bargain.
Hugely recommend.
No doubt I am loving their jobs. As other reasons it's helpful to the Cambodian locals for survival. I loved to be a part to support them. Nice and friendly people.
Wide range of products/handcrafts produced in identifying communities in Cambodia.
This place is fantastic! All products are handmade onsite or by local community. The prises are absolute not bad, and the service is superb. People are friendly and i got to talk with craftsmen and craftswomen, and see the handicraft beeing made with my own eyes.
They are mainly a ceramics workshop, but also show seewing and painting. Else you can get hold of silk scarfs of many different types, cotton products as scarfs, skirts, dresses, pants, blankets etc, rattan baskets and items, wood carved items, metal items, jewelery of silver and other metals, paintings of many types! So dont hesitate, go there! You get to meet alot of nice people!
Good luck!
We spent three hours at the handicraft association making a stone carving. The instructor was extremely passionate, warm and skilled at teaching us the finer parts of carving sandstone. Besides getting a much better understanding of the effort required to create each piece I now feel like I understood elements of design and the history behind carvings a lot better
What an amazing place! You can invest your money in hand crafted goods made by local people instead of buying mass produced elephant print trousers in the street markets We bought some beautiful hand woven scarves and hand carved soap stone trinkets all for very reasonable prices. If you’re looking for something to do in between visiting the temples, then drop by here!
Great fun and great teacher!
Good shopping experience
I took a class at Backstreet Academy which shared the space with the AHS. It is very nice setup outside the crowded tourist areas of pub street.
It is a bit out of the way but if you're looking to buy back some handmade scarfs, pottery items and wooden busts and carvings etc This is the place to go. Everything is either made in house or sourced from local artisans. More importantly, YOU WON'T GET RIPPED OFF HERE. The place is a non-profit shop so prices are very reasonable and go back to the locals. I got a few handmade Khmer scarves and throws for just $7 a piece. Other places in town were selling them for $20 to even $30. Also got a really nice aromatherapy burner for just $6. All in all, a good place to check out if you wanna shop for souvenirs, give back to the local community and not get ripped off.
It was ok. A bit out of the way
good association
You'll need to make an appointment before you can do a hands on craft work.
Great place to learn various Cambodia Handicraft. Did a 3 hours lesson on making cement bags and it was fun. However, remember to wear long pants as the area has lots of mosquitoes.
Selling handicraft made in Cambodia. There are variety of handicrafts.