Royal Thai Air Force Museum in Bangkok

Royal Thai Air Force Museum

Bangkok Air Force Museum [toc] The Royal Thai Air Force Museum might not be the most visited cultural museum in Bangkok, but it can be a good surprise if you are interested in old planes. For a very long time since living in Thailand, I wanted to know how big the collection was, and my expectations were rather low. I was happily surprised to find about forty aeroplanes on display,

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Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan near Bangkok

Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan near Bangkok

Erawan Museum [toc] Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan near Bangkok is a striking monument, not to be confused with the famous Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok. This gigantic three-headed elephant, built on a pedestal, stands 44 metres above one side of the expressway. Surprisingly, not so many people drive there. The Erawan Museum was designed and built in 2003 by Lek Viriyaphant, a rich businessman who also designed the famous

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Jim Thompson House Museum Bangkok

Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok

Jim Thompson House Museum [toc] Jim Thompson House is one of Bangkok's most famous attractions, and a lot was written about the house's history or how Jim Thompson mysteriously disappeared. Jim Thompson museum is a group of beautiful teak wood houses set in a green oasis in the middle of Siam, near Siam Paragon and MBK. Somehow it's surprising to find such a luxuriant garden just near one of Asia's

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Jesada Technik Museum in Nakhon Pathom

Jesada Technik Car Museum Nakhon Pathom

An amazing car museum near Bangkok [toc] Jesada Technik Museum is in Nakhon Pathom, a bit far from Bangkok, but it's worth the trip if you are a classic car lover. The museum is privately owned by Jesada Deshsakulrith, a successful Thai businessperson who is a classic car lover. The museum shelters some five hundred beautifully restored vehicles, and the entrance is free! My curiosity was triggered when I found

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Bangkok Forensic Museum at Siriraj Hospital

Bangkok Forensic Museum at Siriraj Hospital

Bangkok Forensic Museum [toc] Bangkok Forensic Museum is not on people's top 10 list of things to see in Bangkok, at least not on a first trip, but it seems to rank high on people's 'Off the beaten track travel guide'. I guess a morbid curiosity and a desire to see something unusual is irresistible to the new generation of travellers. So we had to see it for ourselves. The

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9 Museums in Phuket, Thailand 🏛️

Phuket Museums

Discover the past of Phuket Island [toc] Phuket museums are not very impressive, but in recent years they have kept a record and shared the rich tin mining history and the Chinese roots of this island. Several new museums opened here and there, mostly in Phuket Town, each with value and character. After an intensive renovation, the Old Phuket Town is a walk-in museum and a beautiful display of Phuket's

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Baan Ar Jor Phuket Museum Homestay

Baan Ar Jor Museum Homestay near Mai Khao Beach

Baan Ar Jor Heritage Hotel in Phuket [toc] Baan Ar Jor is a hotel, a restaurant and a museum with a long history that started in 1936. This house has always been one of the most mysterious old mansions of Phuket, standing lonely near Mai Khao Beach in the north of Phuket. Unlike other mansions mostly found in town, Baan Ar Jor is isolated away from any village and very

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Chinpracha House Museum (Baan Chinpracha) 🏛️

Baan Chinpracha

A house museum in Phuket Town [toc] Chinpracha House (Baan Chinpracha) is one of the most beautiful mansions in Phuket, spread all around Phuket Town. Some of these superb Sino-Portuguese style houses are abandoned and in bad condition; some have been renovated, but Chinpracha House is somehow unique and in its original condition. It can be visited for 150 baht and has a certain old-fashioned charm and atmosphere that may

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Thai Hua Museum in Phuket Town 🏛️

Thai Hua Museum à Phuket Town

What to see at the Thai Hua museum? [toc] The Thai Hua Museum on Krabi Road in Phuket Town is a pleasant surprise. We visited it a few years ago when it reopened, and despite being in a beautiful mansion, it was just an empty building. Thankfully, someone realised the potential of such a great location in the historic streets of old Phuket town to turn it into an interesting

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Thalang National Museum in Phuket

Thalang National Museum in Phuket

Thalang National Museum Update 2020: Thalang National Museum partly reopens! [toc] The Thalang National Museum in Phuket just reopened after being closed for a couple of years. Only a few of exhibits are available to the public to this date, but the new display looks very promising, with a well-designed layout and excellent lighting. The Thalang National Museum was built in 1985 and before closing, the museum fell a bit

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Peranakan Phuket Museum

Peranakan Phuket Museum

Peranakan Phuket Museum [toc] The Peranakan Phuket Museum is a surprisingly interesting and beautiful display on Thepkasattri road, far away from Phuket town on the way to Phuket Airport and opposite Home Pro. Most people don't add museums to their list of 'Things To Do in Phuket' but in case of rain and if you are in the Thalang area you can visit this new museum. The Peranakan Phuket Museum

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Peranakannitat Museum Phuket Town (Baba Museum)

The Chartered Bank in Phuket Town

Phuket Town Baba Museum [toc] The Peranakannitat Museum (Baba Museum or Chalermraj Center) just opened its doors in the heart of Phuket Town after many years of renovation (at least 7 years!). Located at the intersection of Phang Nga Road and Phuket road, the Peranakannitat Museum is set inside what used to be the old 'Standard Chartered Bank'. It's a rather modest museum modest but the location and the Sino-Portuguese

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Phuket Mining Museum

Phuket Mining Museum

The tin mining era of Phuket [toc] Phuket Mining Museum (or Kathu Mining Museum) was built with unusual grandeur in a very remote and isolated location behind the Loch Palm Golf Club of Kathu, somewhere in the hills before Patong. the museums of Phuket are not precisely living spaces where artists exhibit their creations, but this one gives you a pretty good vision of what Phuket was famous for during

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