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Museums and Art Galleries

Traditional houses surrounded by lush greenery in Suan Pakkad
Suan Pakkad
Bangkok Art &
6 9
Culture Centre
A compound of traditional
Thai houses, Suan Pakkad (see p86) Housing several galleries of
is an excel lent example of Thai contemporary art on its upper
archi tecture. The houses con tain floors, connected by spiralling
antique paintings, carvings, and a ramps like New York’s Guggenheim
stunning display of masks used Museum, the prestigious Bangkok
in khon (masked theater). Art & Culture Centre (see p62)
covers all media, from the visual
The Queen’s Gallery
7 arts to music and design. There’s
MAP D3 • 101 Ratchadamnoen usually an interesting exhibition on
Klang Road • 02 281 5361 here, as well as a performance in
• Open 10am–7pm Thu–Tue one of the performance spaces.
• Adm • www.queengallery.org
Museum of Siam
Established in 2003 at the request 0
of Queen Sirikit, this gallery occupies Highly imaginative, this
a massive 39,825 sq ft (3,700 sq m) interactive museum covers the
of exhi bition space. The Queen history, art, culture and traditions
wanted to showcase leading examples of Thailand from the distant past to
of Thai visual art. The gallery’s the present with audio-visual and
shop stocks an interesting range traditional displays. It’s a museum
of glossy art books and T-shirts that kids will really love (see p72).
featuring contemporary art.
Interior of the Museum of Siam
The Art Center
8
MAP P3 • Center of Academic
Resources Building, Seventh Floor,
Chulalongkorn University, Phaya Thai
Road • 02 218 2965 • Open 9am–
7pm Mon–Fri, 9am–4pm Sat • www.
omega.car.chula.ac.th/art/en
One of two galleries on the campus
grounds near Siam Square at
Bangkok’s prestigious Chulalongkorn
University, The Art Center features
work by professors from the
university as well as by estab lished
Thai and international artists. The
gallery is known for experimentation
and its interactive installations.

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