The National Museum Bangkok

Na Phrthat Rdm Phra Borommaharachawang Sub-district, Bangkok , Thailand - Phone: 662-224-1333
  • Traveler Rating 4.00
    42 reviews 127 travel blogs 27 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Castle, Museum, Art museum, History museum, Statue

    Popularity

    18of 159 attractions in Bangkok

TravelPod Member ReviewsThe National Museum Bangkok

  • Focus on pre-modern history

    3

    xplorersarah 0 contribution Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Australia Feb 3, 2012

    This very much emphasises the history of Thailand with the Burmese and glosses over Thailand's involvement in World War II. There is no international history post World War II on show.

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  • Definitely worth a visit

    4

    bookitorskipit 3 contributions United States Dec 28, 2011

    I'm not much of a history buff, or all that into museums - but I surprisingly really enjoyed this museum. The history of Thailand is quite interesting and I enjoyed all of the exhibits.

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction The National Museum Bangkok

  • 1

    Bangkok

    37 photos

    We arrived in Bangkok in the evening. After being in Vietnam and Cambodia for a couple of weeks it was surprising to see how modern the airport was. We arranged a taxi and headed to our resort (driving on the left side of the road). On the way into the heart of the city it was neat to see all of the skyscrapers. The hotel was nice and was located …

  • 2

    A Day at the National Museum of Bangkok

    Now, I'm not much of a museum person. I do not generally seek them out when I'm on vacation and I wasn't completely sold on the idea of going to this one...but I was pleasantly surprised at how much I did enjoy my day here. We spent several hours roaming the property and checking out the numerous buildings with different exhibits. We started in …

  • 3

    Sweating in BKK

    9 photos

    Another day in Bangkok started with the challenge to get to the city. I decided to go straight ahead to the river and take a boat up to the National Museum. There I found out that there is only one guided tour at 9:30 a.m. and it was already after 10:00 a.m. so I had to explore the National Museum myself. I found some nice pieces of art there and …

  • 4

    Farewell Nappark - hurry up my next adventure!

    14 photos

    This week I've been to Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok's National Museum, finally and thankfully got my Visas sorted, seen the Golden Buddha and had a little look at Chinatown just before it started to rain & flood again. Chinatown still had all the decorations up from the Chinese New Year which were elaborate.

    On my …

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  • 2

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  • 4

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  • 6

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  • 7

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