Suan Phakkad Palace Museum
Originally, the Suan Phakkad Palace area was a garden of Chinese man to grow lettuce plants, major general Prince Chumphot Phong Boriphat from Mamuen Nakhonsawan Sakphinit who was the son of Somdet Chaofa Boriphat Sukhumphan Kromphra Nakhonsawan Woraphinit, built the palace to reside during the weekends with his wife mon Ratchawong Phanthip Boriphat. They shifted to the palace to stay peryanently at the end of the world war II. The start of the conversion of the palace into a museum was when their royal highnesses began to display their colection of antiquities to their friends and acquaintances who visited to admire their thai houses, It was after that their Royal highnesses contemplated to open the display of their collection of antiquities to outsiders. The ancient artifcats on display dated from the pre-historic times until Ratanakosin era. The collection include art objects from countries in the asian region.
In the compound of the Suan Phakkad palace museum, there are traditional Thai houses, the lacquer pavilion, the marasri gallery, and the Ban-Chiang Museum, the exhibition include ancient artifacts that are hard to find such as cord-marked pottery. antique thai weapons, painted thai design porcelain, bronze images from different periods, etc. The suan Phakkad Palace Museum is open everday.
From 09.00 A.M. - 04.00 P.M.
credit : signed board Suan Phakkad Palace Museum
Location : 352-354 Sri Ayudhya Road, Rajathevi, Bangkok 10400
