Heritage House in Kathu
What used to be a very rundown house by the side of the road in Kathu is now transformed into a small and half-abandoned lovely museum about Phuket Food. It used to be part of the large beer storage warehouse. It’s beautiful from the outside, but there is not much to see inside, and the staircase leading to the second floor is often closed. Don’t miss Ketho DimSum and Coffee Shop, an excellent breakfast restaurant just across the street!
Kathu Museum
Kathu Museum – Former Kathu Liquor Distillery, Excise Department consists of three buildings managed by the Kathu Municipality (amphoe), including the heritage-listed former distillery built in the “Sino-European” style for Tan Lim Yong, a prominent Hokkien-Chinese mine owner and businessman. By the small reservoir stands an imposing banyan tree, said to be the domain of local spirits who cursed attempts to redevelop the site. For the Biennale, the distillery hosts works that examine the political, spiritual and material cultures that formed around extractive industries like mining and forestry.
Your Kathu Guide
