The famous Golden Thompson Thompson Museum has always been a must-see attraction in many Thai travel books. This attraction is usually suitable for free travellers, mainly European and American travelers. Generally, group tours are rarely arranged here.In the past 10 years, Wendy and Anya have visited Bangkok many times, but they have never been to this museum, so they took advantage of the opportunity of staying in a new hotel nearby and came here by the way.Observations at the time found that this attraction is quite popular with European and American tourists. I want to come because this place only sells Thai silk products, haha!
Transportation and itinerary to the Thai Silk Museum
The Golden Thompson Museum was originally the art collection and residence of American businessman Jim Thompson. Born in 1906, he successfully founded Thailand’s well-known high-end Thai silk brand, known as the "Tai silk king", and is also a Southeast Asian and Buddhist art collector. Since 1958, the existing museum buildings have been constructed one after another. During World War II, he participated in the activities of the CIA advance organization OSS of the US Central Intelligence Agency. That's why he is an American intelligence agent. After his disappearance in Malaysia in 1967, his whereabouts are unknown.
The architectural style and garden landscape inside the Thai Si Museum are quite leisurely and quiet. Its location is in the alleys next to the BTS National Stadium MRT station. Although it is close to the center of Siam, it can avoid the crowded streets all day long. It can be said that it is naturally a quiet spot, no wonder it is quite popular with European and American tourists, it is very suitable for arranging afternoon tea time to stroll around and enjoy a leisurely afternoon.
Freedom in Bangkok during the 2015 New Year, the first day of preemptive accommodation was newly opened in the same yearHappy 3 Hotel Bangkok, This hotel is located in Kasem San 2 Lane, and the Thai Silk Museum is located on Kasem San 3 Lane. The two are close at hand, but you can’t cross it directly, but you can walk along the Kongshengsang Canal. Walk about 100 meters to reach.
If you are not staying nearby, take the BTS from National Stadium and walk about 300 meters to arrive there. The museum provides a shuttle bus service, and you can take a free tuk-tuk on the return journey.In addition, there is the Saphan Hua Chang Canal Clipper Pier near the museum, you can refer to itAdvice for using the Khlong Sang Canal Express Boat, By the way, experience the canal express boat in Bangkok, which is very easy to directly connect to the travel itinerary of Pratunam Market.
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▲ The museum is located in the alleys next to the MRT station, which is really a good place to get quiet.
▲ The Tess Museum is remodeled from the old house of Kim Thompson, and all of it is in the style of a leisurely family mansion.
▲ The museum provides free shuttle bus service.
▲ The Golden Thompson Art Center will hold various exhibitions from time to time.
▲ The exhibition was being held on the second floor of the Art Center at that time.
▲ After entering the Thai silk museum, you will see the Thai silk production activities on the spot.
▲ It is really interesting to extract Thai silk material from silkworm chrysalis on site!
▲ All kinds of Thai silk products are displayed and sold on the first floor, but the price of each product is very high.
Additional screening: Thompson Bar & Restaurant
Thompson Bar & Restaurant is a restaurant attached to the Golden Thompson Museum. The price of meal reviews has always been quite good. After visiting the Thompson Museum in the afternoon, you can just come to this restaurant for a meal.Order a few simple meals, the price of each dish is about 200 baht, the price is relatively high, but the meals are quite exquisite and distinctive, of course, the most important thing is that it is really delicious. It is very recommended to eat here. You don’t need to order too many dishes. It’s really not bad to taste it as afternoon tea.
▲ The average price of each meal is roughly around 200 baht.
▲ The leaf-wrapped chicken nuggets are quite tender and have a slight leaf fragrance.
▲ The classic Thai-style pork shredded meal is moderately spicy, which is quite suitable for the tastes of foreign tourists.
▲ The pineapple fried rice with real ingredients, the shrimps are also very big.
Visit and guided tour of the Thai Silk Museum
The Golden Thompson Museum has a large collection of antique furniture and artworks, all of which were the collections of Jim Thompson. Everyone pays to enter the museum to visit. Each ticket is 100 baht. Tickets include multi-language guide services, but photos are not allowed inside. This point is reminded here first.
▲ After the visit to the Thai Silk Museum, we gave up the free tuk tuk shuttle bus and took the nearby Canal Express boat to the newly opened Khlong Pratunk Kasheng Canal Floating Market in 2015.
Kim Thompson Tess Museum. The Jim Thompson House & Museum
- English Address: 6 Soi Kasem San 2, Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok
- Thai Address: 6 ซอย เกษมสันต์ 2 จิ ม ทอม ป์ สัน คอน เพ ล็ ก ซ์ ถนน พระราม 1 แขวง วัง ใหม่ เขต ปทุมวัน
- Phone: +66 2 216 7368
- Fax: +66 2 612 3744
- Business hours: 09:00-17:00
- Guide fee: 100 baht/adult, 50 baht/under 25 years old
- Fan page: https://www.facebook.com/jimthompsonhouse
- Official website: http://www.jimthompsonhouse.com/
