Museum Siam Discovery Museum

Museum Siam Discovery Museum a learning centre on anthropology, ethnology, and other fields related to Thai society and Southeast Asia. It is located on Sanam Chai Road in Phra Nakhon District, in the former building of the Ministry of Commerce. This building won an outstanding award of art and architecture preservation in 2006 from the committee on art and architecture preservation of the Association of Siamese Architects under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (ASA).

For building a permanent exhibition. at first the building was formerly the Ministry of Commerce. When built around 1922 BC by Italian architect Mario Tamagno, who design engineers with Gollo spinyo. .And architects Gvadrelly. European architecture is similar to a 3 storey building to form the E map that is a long building at the middle school building and building. baseboard head of building towers as Ionic. And decorative face women around the curved arch top window balconies.

The museum serves as a learning centre on anthropology, ethnology, and other fields related to Thai society and Southeast Asia, in order to instil consciousness and understanding of the Thai people in their history, nation, culture, and localities, as well as connect relative ties with neighbouring countries. New methods of a display with modern media have been applied to enable participation of visitors in learning and understanding historical stories of the Thai nation. The contents on display in the form of the ‘Essays on Thailand’ have been divided into 16 rooms in the three-storey building. The first floor exhibits rooms of ‘Typically Thai.’ and ‘Immersive Theater’ The second floor displays rooms of the ‘Map Room,’ ‘Bangkok, New Ayutthaya,’ ‘Change,’‘Village Life,’ ‘Politics and Communications,’ ‘Thailand and the World,’ ‘Thailand Today,’ and ‘Thailand Tomorrow.’ The third floor includes rooms of ‘Introduction to Suvarnabhumi,’ ‘Suvarnabhumi,’ ‘Buddhism,’ ‘Founding of Ayutthaya,’ ‘Siam,’ and the ‘War Room.’ Visitors will gain knowledge and enjoy themselves from visiting each exhibition room. In addition, learning activities are organised for youth and aficionados of museums.

The museum is open on Tuesdays to Sundays from 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. It is closed on Mondays.
For further details, call Tel. 0 2622 2599, Fax: 0 2225 2775, or visit the website: http://www.ndmi.or.th/
Location: on Sanam Chai Road, near Wat Pho (500 metre walking distance) and Phra Nakorn Police Station.
How to get there: taking public bus no. 3, 6, 9, 12, 47, 53, 82, 524 or taking taxi boat toTha Tien Pier then continue walking for 500 metres.