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Bangkok National Museum was originally established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) around the collection of antiquities of his father King Mongkut (Rama IV). The National Museum is on the grounds of the former Wang Na, the " Front Palace " which was built for the vice king, a sort of crown prince ( Thailand has no law of primogeniture.
The National Museum of Indonesia ( Indonesian: Museum Nasional) is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as the Elephant Museum ( Indonesian: Museum Gajah) after the elephant statue in its forecourt, its ...
The most striking absence from the iconography of the Monument is the monarchy, which is nowadays the focal point of Thai national life and political culture. Although the military regime paid lip service to the monarchy, its political ideology (an ultimately incompatible mix of European liberal constitutionalism and military Bonapartism ) was ...
Avalokiteshvara of Chaiya. Bronze Torso of Avalokiteshavara [3] is a Srivijaya -era bronze torso depicting Avalokiteshvara, a Bodhisattava in Buddhism. It was discovered in Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province in southern Thailand [2] and is currently in a collection of Bangkok National Museum. [1] It is one of the most beautiful and most ...
In 1926 King Prajadhipok created the Royal Institute of Art, Literature and Archaeology, which then opened the museum in Bangkok at the Wang Na palace. Today (as of 2016 [update] ) there are 43 national museum branches operated across the country.
Giant Swing. Coordinates: 13°45′7″N 100°30′5″E. The Giant Swing in Bangkok. The Giant Swing, also known as Sao Chingcha, ( Thai: เสาชิงช้า, RTGS : Sao Chingcha, pronounced [sǎw t͡ɕʰīŋ.t͡ɕʰáː] ⓘ) is a religious structure in Sao Chingcha Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. Located in ...
Bangkok Corrections Museum. Phra Nakhon. Prison. Former prison depicting prison life in Thailand. Bangkok Doll Museum. Ratchathewi. Toy. Features over 400 Thai handmade dolls depicting Thai life and culture, as well as costumes from around the world. Bangkok Folk Museum.
The Ram Khamhaeng Inscription, formally known as Sukhothai Inscription No. 1, is a stone stele bearing inscriptions which have traditionally been regarded as the earliest example of the Thai script. Discovered in 1833 by King Mongkut (Rama IV), it was eventually deciphered and dated to 1292. The text gives, among other things, a description of ...