Thailand Cheap Holidays: The Yusuksuwan Museum

8/26/11

The Yusuksuwan Museum

THE YUSUKSUWAN MUSEUM Address: 135 Prachintakam road, Tambom Dongkilek, Amphur Muang, Prachinburi

The museum is in the lush green garden 6 kilometers from Prachinburi City Hall. Many kinds of beautiful birds and animals can be seen in the garden around the museum. Of interest in the Yusuksuwan museum is the collection of lamps hanging from the ceilings, decorating around shopping parking areas

and even in the rest rooms. As it appears today, the Yusuksuwan Museum is comprised of five buildings.

First building: Rachawadee Building hat two floors. The exhibition on the first floor is the collection of ancient silverware, barsswar, pottery, irons, kerosene refrigerators and kerosene fans. The second floor is a show room for the collections of pressure lamps, ship lamps and the lamps for slide projectors. The components of the lamps are displayed for visitors to study.

Second building: Leelawadee Twin Buildings have six rooms. On the first floor is Ratchapruk Room.

Ancient crockery, ceramic trays, pots and lemonade bottles are shown in this room. The next room is Chaiyapruk Room for the exhibition of brassware, betel trays, bronze bowls, kerosene stoves, and oil lamps. Also on this floor is Kalapapruk Room. The collections of bicycles and motorcycles are exhibited here. There are three rooms on the second floor. Thong-Gwow Room: Children can see many kinds of old style toys displayed in this room. Thonk-Lang Room: An exhibition of small Buddha images is in here. Thong-Pan-Chang Room: It is the place you can see the collections of scales and measurers of all sizes.

Third building: Chuanchom Building has one floor. It displays the pictures of pichinburi in the old days. Among these pictures of great value is the picture of out beloved King visiting Wat kaewpichit, Prachinburi. The collections of old newspapers, cartoons, stamps, books and lottery tickets are also displayed in this building.

Fourth building: Chow Payu Building is designed and constructed in form of a pressure lamp, 13 meters high. Visitors can see the scenery around the museum from the top of this building.

Apart from the collections of valuable things, pleasant surroundings are waiting for visitors to enjoy, including fish ponds, large bird cages, peacocks, turtle and also crocodile ponds.

Fifth building : The innermost of the museum is the boat-house, Fahpradit Building. Many kinds of boats, including a dugout one, are shown here. There is also a bamboo house that was built without nails and wire. Thai tools for living in the old days are displayed in this house, too.