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The National Museum, the largest museum in Southeast Asia, is a short walk of the Grand Palace. It is the country’s central treasury of art and archaeology. The museum is located in the former palace of the vice king, next to the Sanam Luang.

The museum was built as part of the Grand Palace complex when the capital of Siam was moved from Thonburi to Bangkok in 1782. It covers a broad range of subjects, like historical surveys and religious sculpture displays. The buildings were originally constructed in 1782 as the palace of Rama I’s viceroy, Prince Wang Na. Rama V turned it into a museum in 1884. read more…