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Visit Jim Thompson’s Thai House. This remarkable Thai style house
is named after the man who created it from several exceptional
examples of traditional Thai domestic architecture. Jim Thompson
came to Thailand at the end of World War II. He became famous
for reviving the Thai silk industry before disappearing under
mysterious circumstances somewhere in Malaysia. Now a museum,
Jim Thompson’s Thai House contains connoisseur collections of
Asian artefacts and antiques. A visit is made to Suan Pakkad Palace,
residence of the Royal Highness Prince Chumbhot Paribatra of
Nakhon Sawan, which is decorated with 17th century architecture
and a collection of rare antiques representing every type of Thai
Art.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Bangkok, Thailand
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Visit Jim Thompson’s Thai House. This remarkable Thai style house
is named after the man who created it from several exceptional
examples of traditional Thai domestic architecture. Jim Thompson
came to Thailand at the end of World War II. He became famous
for reviving the Thai silk industry before disappearing under
mysterious circumstances somewhere in Malaysia. Now a museum,
Jim Thompson’s Thai House contains connoisseur collections of
Asian artefacts and antiques. A visit is made to Suan Pakkad Palace,
residence of the Royal Highness Prince Chumbhot Paribatra of
Nakhon Sawan, which is decorated with 17th century architecture
and a collection of rare antiques representing every type of Thai
Art.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Jim Thompson House, 6, Soi Kasem San 2, Rama 1 Road Wang Mai, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
Jim Thompson House is located in the district of Pathumwan, in the center of Bangkok.
It is a complex consisting of several ancient Thai housing structures with western architectural inserts, initially the complex was built with parts of six ancient Thai houses of the nineteenth century, many of which came from Ayutthaya, the former capital of the Kingdom of Thailand,
The complex created by the American businessman Jim Thompson, espionage agent and later a silk entrepreneur, an art collector of Southeast Asia.
And it contains his art collection, made up of statues, paintings and porcelain from Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Laos.
Today it is administered by the James H. W. Thompson Foundation under the patronage of Princess Sirindhorn.
Duration: 2 hours
