Suan Pakkad Palace Museum

The museum is the first royal museum in Thailand to have a huge collection of farming tools. The museum building was built in traditional Thai style and opened to the public in 1952. You can find it on Sri Ayuttaya Street south of the Victory Monument.

Between the wide corridors of the museum are large gardens in Japanese style. The museum contains unique ancient pottery, weapons, jewelry, which are more than 4,000 years old. Khmer culture is represented here in the form of antiques, spirits, Buddha’s head from Ayutthai, Thai and Chinese ceramics, a collection of masks “Hon”, musical instruments that belonged to Prince Paribatra.

In the main garden of the museum there is a pavilion more than 450 years old. Inside it is completely covered with gold and black varnish.

The museum, which is open from 9am to 4pm, can be reached by bus number 14, 17, 38, 77, 29, 39 and 36.