Transcript Grand Palace Jim Thompson Museum King Prajadhipok

Thailand
Happiness on Earth
Destinations
• Bangkok
• Phuket
• Pattani
Where would you like to go?
Bangkok
• Grand Palace
• Jim Thompson
Museum
• King Prajadhipok
Museum
• The Museum of
Buddhist Art
Bangkok
• Grand Palace
– This inner-city riverine landmark contains
several buildings with highly detailed
architectural features.
Bangkok
• Jim Thompson Museum
– This collection of traditional Thai-style houses,
fashioned into one dwelling, belongs to the man
who helped restore the Thai silk industry after
World War II, and today, preserved as a museum,
contains a priceless collection of Asian objects d’
art.
Bangkok
• King Prajadhipok Museum
– The King Prajadhipok Museum was formerly
called the Parliamentary Museum. It was
under the care of the Secretariat of the
National Assembly and was housed in the
basement beneath the King's Monument in
front of the National Assembly Building.
Bangkok
• The Museum of
Buddhist Art
– The Palace of the
Bodhisattava Kuan Yin and
other well known Chinese
Gods and Goddesses. The
only Kuan Yin Museum in
the world, displaying the
rarest Kuan Yin sculptures
dating back as far as 1,500
years ago, from various
countries in Asia.
Phuket
• Hat Karon and Hat
Kata
• Phuket Aquarium
• Phuket Zoo
Pattani
• Chao Mae Lim Ko
Niao Graveyard
• Pattani Central
Mosque
• Somdet Phra
Srinagarindra Park
Come see Thailand
Credits
All information in this presentation was taken from
http://www.tourismthailand.org/