Boutique Escapes for the Style Conscious Traveller
Bangkok Top 10
Bangkok Art & Culture Center
The Thai Guggenheim
New mid-town facility for the contemporary arts. Programmes for art, music, theatre, film, design, and cultural/educational events take place in a friendly and recreational atmosphere.
Kwang Nongkam, 88 Liab Klong Pasijaroen Fung Nua Rd
Tel +662 444 2951
Jim Thompson’s Thai House
Thai Silk History
Home of James H.W. Thompson, a self-made American entrepreneur who was the founder of the world renowned Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company.
6 Soi Kasemsan 2, Lane Rama 1 Rd
Tel +662 216 7368
100 Tonson Gallery
Contemporary Art Gallery
Atmospheric gallery showcasing the work of domestic and international emerging and high-profile painters, sculptors and conceptual artists.
100 Soi Tonson, Th Ploenchit
Tel +662 684 1527
TCDC
Hip and Creative hangout
Modern design is all the rage in Bangkok and this new museum hosts rotating exhibits, houses a cool shop and cafe, and for members has a design library stocked with books, computers and other resources.
6th fl, Emporium Shopping Centre, Sukhumvit
Tel +662 664 8448
H Gallery
Modern Thai Artists
Established in 2002 by American, H. Ernest Lee with the primary purpose of representing a selected group of emerging contemporary Asian artists.
201 Soi 12, Thanon Sathon
Tel +66 310 4428
The National Gallery
Thai Treasures
The gallery is home the finest collection of traditional and contemporary art in the country.
No. 4 Chao-Fa Rd., Pra Nakorn
Tel+ 662 281 2224
Neilson Hays Library
Thai History Books
Bangkok’s wordsmiths and bookworms have tended to the Neilson Hays Library with a loving touch since it was opened in 1922.
195 Surawong Road
Tel+66 2 233 1731
Royal Barge Museum
Thai River Heritage
The Royal Barges are fantastically ornamented boats used in ceremonial processions on the river. The largest is fifty metres long and requires a rowing crew of fifty.
The Chaophraya Tourist Boat stops right at the museum
Assumption Cathedral
Historically Grand
Marking the ascendancy of the French missionary influence in Bangkok during the reign of Rama II, this Romanesque church with its rich golden interior dates from 1910 and hosted a mass by Pope John Paul II in 1984.
Soi Oriental, Charoen Krung Bangrak
Tel +662 234 8556
The Vimanmek Mansion Museum
Architectural Wonder
This three-storey building contains a wealth of incredible architecture and art and is a true rendention of how the Thai monarchy lived at the turn of the twentieth century.
16 Ratchowithi Rd., Dusit
Tel +662 628 6300-9
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