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For people interested in getting a good feel for the history of Thailand, the museum is very much a ‘must see’ destination. Initially established as a palace by King Rama V, the building underwent a number of transformations before becoming what is now called the National Museum in 1887. Housing a definitive presentation of Thai history, the museum has a variety of different sections, each focusing on the history of specific topics (Thai musical instruments, masks, armaments, Thai clothing, etc.). The displays cover Thailand’s ‘prehistory’, move through the Lanna, Sukhothai, and Ayutthaya periods, and bring you right up to the modern Thai kingdom. Certainly worth a visit is the chapel (Phra Thinung Phutthaisawan) which features ‘Phra Singh’ Buddha images and the ‘Throne room’ which caters for numerous special exhibitions put on by the museum. The Tamnak Daeng (or ‘Red House’) is also worth a look. In fact, as with other world-class museums, the National Museum is a place visitors can spend many hours just wandering through exhibitions and looking at displays.
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