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Wat Srikhomkham
The Phayao
Cultural Exhibition Hall
Phayao,Thailand
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Wat Srikhomkham Guide
Phayao Cultural Exhibition Hall is a place where many artifacts are on display. Such displays include documents in history, literatures, local ideas, cultural, traditions and everyday life of the local people of Phayao. All of these collections are the works of Luang Por Dhamwimolmolee who is an abbot of Wat Srikhomkham temple.
It has been over 43 years that Luang Por Dhamwimolmolee had discovered the ruins in an early work of sandstone arts in Phayao (20 -21 B.E.). Those discoveries are broken Buddha idols, four-headed Erawan elephants, lotus made of sandstone and Wiengkhalong ceramics. The discovery had inspired the abbot to preserve these valuable of national treasures at Wat Sriumongkham Temple. During that time, his title in the temple was only the head of a group in Amphur Phayao, Chiengrai province, before he promoted to be the head of the temple at Wat Srikhomkham in 1969. He had also moved those artifacts to Wat Srikhomkham Temple.
Ever since the collections of these artifacts by Luang Por Dhamwimolmolee and through his great vision, which took more than 32 years to complete; before it was established as The Phayao Culture Exhibition Hall in 1996. The opening ceremony was presided over by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on the auspicious occasion on January 18, 1996.
The construction of The Phayao Culture Exhibition Hall, had applied the Lanna (northern design) look so it would have a feeling of the natural habitat of Phayao. There are about 2,000 square meters of space inside the Hall (excluding the outside area, which is more than 5 rai). There are 5 exhibition rooms on the second floor and they are divided into 13 sections.
Wat Srikhomkham
The Phayao Cultural Exhibition Hall
Wat Srikhomkham
The Phayao Cultural Exhibition Hall
Phayao,Thailand
Thailand
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Museum Guide
The National Museum Talang, Phuket belongs to The Department of Archeology and placed as the No.12 museum under The National Museums Bureau. It is under the flagship of The Department of Fine Arts and located at Thao Thepkasattri & Thao Srisoondhorn Monument. It is sited far off from the Monument, approximately 200 meters into Saipaklog Road, with an area of 13 rai of land and situated at Moo 3, Tambon Srisundhorn, Amphur Talang, Phuket Province.
The National Museum Talang, Phuket is the local museum of Phuket, being one of the most honored area for protecting Thai independence during the Ninth Battalion War. In the beginning of Rattanakosin period, the name Talang has been inscribed in Thai history as Thao Thepkasattri & Thao Srisundhorn, whom had made history by ousting the invaded enemy away from the Thai soil in 1785.
To mark the 200th year occasion of the Talang War, the residents of Phuket led by a local historians and The Department of Fine Arts had proceeded to build this Monument in 1985 in honor of the two women for their patriotic heroism for Phuket. It is an exhibition of knowledge in history, archeology and culture of life on the Andaman and to support tourism in Phuket.
The National Museum begun construction in 1985 and the opening ceremony was presided by HRH Princess Siridhorn on March 14, 1989. The National Museum of Talang also has an ongoing construction to improve its facilities and also to help improve any exhibition being held since 1990.
The Museum was designed by Mr. Udom Sakulpanich. His design idea was initiated by using a local southern design and collaborate it with the main building. Thus, still keeping the original southern looks that is a wooden house with a 3-sided roof and extracted a triangular shape. The house is raised high above ground. The roof ceiling is made of sanded bamboo and bamboo weaving to close up the triangular shape.
This Nation Museum is well worth being conserved as a local architecture and it has won a Gold Medal Award for its design from the Architecture Society under the Royal Patronage.
The National Museum Talang
Phuket,Thailand
