Saturday, September 18, 2010

Operating Hours

Operating Hours: 0900 - 1600 hours
Closed Monday, Tuesday, and Public Holidays
Admission Fee: Thai Citizen - 10 baht, All Others - 100 baht

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Khon Kaen National Museum was officially opened by His Majesty KingBnumiphol Adulyadej on the 20th of December, 1972. Most of the exhibitions are concerned with history, art, and archaeology. Temporary exhibitions are set up on a rotational basis throughout the year.
Exhibitions on the geography, history, archaeology, culture, and ethnology of the museum are arranged as follows:

  • The Geography and Geology of Pre-historic Period


  • Settlements, utensils, burial rituals, major archaeological findings


  • Ancient cities and communities



  • Period of Recorded History

  • Dvaravati Culture


  • Stone boundary markers, religion and beliefs, costumes, script, architecture, votivetablets, archaeological objects taken from the Muang Fa Daet Song Yang excavation site, Kamalasai District Kalasin Province.


  • Khmer or Lopburi Culture


  • Ancient cities and communities, religion and beliefs, ceramics Thai-Lao culture


  • Religion and beliefs, utensils used in daily life


  • Evolution of art in Thailand Muang Khon Kaen


  • Traces of the past, history of the city, way of life, folk culture.


  • Services
    Educational activities such as tours, temporary exhibitions, educational documents andlibrary services, stalls, sales of books on art, archaeology, history, and souvenirs.
    Crowned Buddha Sima Buddha Image

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