National Museum of Thailand, Bangkok |
Surprise - free admission on the Queen's birthday |
Thai National Museum - Gallery of Thai History |
Gallery of Thai History, built as an audience hall for the Prince Successor during the reign of King Rama I |
Thai National Museum |
Map of the National Museum, Bangkok |
Pho Khun Ram Kham Haeng in the elephant battle with Khun Sam Chon, 1257 AD |
Sukhothai Stone Inscription - Thai alphabet invented in 1283 |
Ayutthaya City Founded by King Ramathibodi I (King U-Thong) |
Ayutthaya |
Ayutthaya |
Ayutthaya |
Gold cup from the crypt of Wat Ratchaburana, Ayutthaya, 17th-19th C. |
Elephant battle - fall of Ayutthaya, 1569 |
King Naresuan the Great engaging in a duel on elephant back |
Kign Ramathibodi III (Narai the Great) |
Burmese army attacking wooden stockade at Ban Bangrachan, 1764 |
King Tak Sin the Great attacking the city of Chanthaburi |
King Rama I returns from Cambodia to face riots in Thon Buri |
Model depicting a story from the Ramayana for the royal cremation ceremony of Queen Sunantha Kumarirat |
Thai junk used in the China trade during the Rattanakosin period |
Summary Power Sword, Sword of the Commander-in-Chief, Sword of Chao Phraya Bodindecha |
King Mongkut (1804-1868), Rama IV |
European commemorative medals |
French commemorative medal of the audience of the Siamese Ambassador of Kign Mongkut to King Napoleon III in 1861 |
Model of a steam train, a gift from Queen Victoria to Kong Mongkut in 1855 |
Mrs. Anna Leonowens of King and I fame |
Miniature stupa, 19th C. |
Detail of a 19th C. miniature stupa |
European-style swords of the royalty and the nobility during the reigns of Kings Rama IV and V |
King Chulalongkorn, Rama V (left), 1853-1910 |
Throne from Warophai Piman Hall, Bang Pa-In Palace |
King Rama V |
Pipe decorated in a lion head form belonging to King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
King Prajadhipok, Rama VII |
Model of the second Maha Chakri Royal Barge, 1918 |
Model of the second Maha Chakri Royal Barge, 1918 |
King Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII |
Coronation of King Rama IX, 9 June 1946 |
Thai National Museum - Sala Longsong Pavilion with the Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Buddhaisawan Chapel, 1787 |
Rama, the 7th Avatar of the god Vishnu, holding a bow |
Rama, the 7th Avatar of the god Vishnu, holding a bow |
Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Buddhaisawan Chapel door |
Buddhaisawan Chapel window |
Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Cannons, National Museum, Bangkok |
Side of the Buddhaisawan Chapel |
Issarawinitchai Hall, audience hall of the palace of the Prince Successor during the reign of King Rama III |
The Red House, teak residence of Princess Sri Sudarak, elder sister of King Rama I at Thonburi Palace |
Model of a traditional Thai house built on stilts |
Khmer lintel in the Angkor style, 11-12th C. |
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Cham lion, Indrapura, 9th-10th C. |
Cham metope with Elephant, Indrapura, 9th-10th C. AD |
Cham lion, Vijaya, 10th-14th C. |
Cham lion, Vijaya, 10th-14th C. |
Standing Buddha, Dvaravati style from Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai, 8th-9th C. |
Khmer stone bas-relief illustrating deities, Preah Ko style, 10th C, Prasat Lolei, Cambodia |
Sculpture gallery, National Museum, Bangkok |
National Museum Bangkok |
Vishnu, 6th-7th C., Muang Sri Thep, Phetchabun province |
Vishnu, 6th-7th C., Muang Sri Thep, Phetchabun province |
Heads of khmer door-guardians, Bayon style, 12th C., Wat Sak, Lopburi |
Heads of khmer door-guardians, Bayon style, 12th C., Wat Sak, Lopburi |
Naga head, Lopburi |
Guardian figure |
Guardian figure |
Funeral chariot from the reign of Rama VI to carry the urn of his sister in 1924 |
Royal funerary chariot, 1924 |
Detail of a royal cremation chariot |
Cremation chariot for high-ranking members of the Thai Royal Family |
Cremation chariot for high-ranking members of the Thai Royal Family |
Cremation chariot detail |
Cremation chariot, National Museum, Bangkok |
Buddha regarding the Bodhi tree with gratitude, reign of Rama V |
National Museum, Bangkok |
Royal Funerary Chariot |
Royal Funerary Chariot |
Statue of wrestlers, National Museum Bangkok |
Hero wrestling monster lizard-man |
The left is "Chalawan" The crocodile fighting with "Krai Thong" the Fighter. "Krai Thong" |
Sala Longsong Pavilion from the palace of King Rama VI in Nakhon Pathom |