Cambodia’s largest independent arts center invites locals and foreigners
to join our hub for creativity, community vitality, and lifelong learning.
META HOUSE
The European Cultural Center Meta House Phnom Penh is the country’s oldest independent art center, showcasing a unique blend of art, education, social engagement and hospitality since 2007. The center comprises an indoor gallery/event space, an open-air-stage, a multi-media-library, two restaurants and a German language school, operated by our partner “Goethe-Institute”. Through exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, community-based projects, artist exchange programs and by fostering links with universities, galleries, and other non-governmental organizations we actively support local artists and promote the development of Cambodia’s young contemporary art movement. Community members are invited to participate at all levels. Please contact us for details.



CULTURAL EVENTS



EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The Goethe Institute (GI) is Germany’s cultural institution operational worldwide. It promotes the study of German language abroad and encourages international cultural exchange. The challenge that faces the majority of Cambodia’s contemporary artists is the isolated space in which they work. For the local creative industries to progress, artists need to be exposed to different theories and techniques, and need to broaden their thinking through experimentation. At Meta House, various educational activities provide the broader public with tools that raise an awareness of art, heritage and intercultural dialogue. Educators from all fields are invited to share their knowledge and experiences.



OUTREACH PROJECTS
We live in times of great social, humanitarian, political, and environmental challenges. Artists have an important role to play in bringing these challenges to the attention of the public. Meta House is a cultural lab for social change; a creative home to generate culture that moves people. Besides organizing events at our facility, we continue to implement art-related activities in community centers, schools and universities. In direct cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) and other NGOs, we were able to introduce educational theatre into learning facilities nation-wide. So far, more than 500.000 students have been participating in our outreach projects.



EUROPEAN HOSPITALITY



october, 2025
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Classical Music
DJ Parties & Live Music
Exhibitions
Film Screenings
FOOD & DRINK
Talks & Performances
Tournaments
sat25oct7:30 pm“Viva Riva”: Fresh African Cinema from DR Congo7:30 pm
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Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC’s
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Free Entrance.
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(Saturday) 7:30 pm
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The place is Phnom Penh, 1979, immediately following the fall of Pol Pot. A grainy film shows a Czechoslovakian doctor walking through the debris around
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Free Entrance.
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(Sunday) 7:30 pm
tue28oct7:30 pm“Dutch: Man or Monster” – Theatre Recording @ Meta7:30 pm
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Duch, Man or Monster?Please ber our guests for a video version of a deeply unsettling one-man stage play that provokes
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Free Entrance!
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(Tuesday) 7:30 pm
wed29oct5:00 pm10:00 pm102nd anniversary of the Turkish Republic – Kebab Night5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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The 102nd anniversary of the Turkish Republic is celebrated on October 29, 2025, marking the 1923 founding of the modern nation by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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(Wednesday) 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
wed29oct7:30 pmMustang (2015): Award-Winning Feminist Turkish Drama7:30 pm
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When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while
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(Wednesday) 7:30 pm
thu30oct7:30 pmDeutsch-Deutsche TV Berichte aus Kambodscha (German Language Only)7:30 pm
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Meta House lädt deutschsprachige Gäste ein zu einer Vorführung deutscher TV-Beiträge aus den 1960er-80er Jahren, produziert vom westdeutschen und ostdeutschen Fernsehen in und über Kambodscha:
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Freier Eintritt natürlich.
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(Thursday) 7:30 pm
fri31oct7:30 pm“Jungle Atlantis”: Angkor Wat’s Mysteries uncovered by laser technology:7:30 pm
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A thousand years ago, the Khmer people of Cambodia built an empire and their capital was the great city of Angkor, with its centerpiece being
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Free Entrance.
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(Friday) 7:30 pm
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