Thai National Museum

National Museum of Thailand, Bangkok	Surprise - free admission on the Queen's birthday	Thai National Museum - Gallery of Thai History	Gallery of Thai History, built as an audience hall for the Prince Successor during the reign of King Rama I
Thai National Museum	Map of the National Museum, Bangkok	Pho Khun Ram Kham Haeng in the elephant battle with Khun Sam Chon, 1257 AD	Sukhothai Stone Inscription - Thai alphabet invented in 1283
Ayutthaya City Founded by King Ramathibodi I (King U-Thong)	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya
Gold cup from the crypt of Wat Ratchaburana, Ayutthaya, 17th-19th C.	Elephant battle - fall of Ayutthaya, 1569	King Naresuan the Great engaging in a duel on elephant back	Kign Ramathibodi III (Narai the Great)
Burmese army attacking wooden stockade at Ban Bangrachan, 1764	King Tak Sin the Great attacking the city of Chanthaburi	King Rama I returns from Cambodia to face riots in Thon Buri	Model depicting a story from the Ramayana for the royal cremation ceremony of Queen Sunantha Kumarirat
Thai junk used in the China trade during the Rattanakosin period	Summary Power Sword, Sword of the Commander-in-Chief, Sword of Chao Phraya Bodindecha	King Mongkut (1804-1868), Rama IV	European commemorative medals
French commemorative medal of the audience of the Siamese Ambassador of Kign Mongkut to King Napoleon III in 1861	Model of a steam train, a gift from Queen Victoria to Kong Mongkut in 1855	Mrs. Anna Leonowens of King and I fame	Miniature stupa, 19th C.
Detail of a 19th C. miniature stupa	European-style swords of the royalty and the nobility during the reigns of Kings Rama IV and V	King Chulalongkorn, Rama V (left), 1853-1910	Throne from Warophai Piman Hall, Bang Pa-In Palace
King Rama V	Pipe decorated in a lion head form belonging to King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)	King Prajadhipok, Rama VII	Model of the second Maha Chakri Royal Barge, 1918
Model of the second Maha Chakri Royal Barge, 1918	King Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII	Coronation of King Rama IX, 9 June 1946	Thai National Museum - Sala Longsong Pavilion with the Buddhaisawan Chapel
Buddhaisawan Chapel, 1787	Rama, the 7th Avatar of the god Vishnu, holding a bow	Rama, the 7th Avatar of the god Vishnu, holding a bow	Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel
Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel	Buddhaisawan Chapel door	Buddhaisawan Chapel window	Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel
Guardian in front of the Buddhaisawan Chapel	Buddhaisawan Chapel	Buddhaisawan Chapel	Cannons, National Museum, Bangkok
Side of the Buddhaisawan Chapel	Issarawinitchai Hall, audience hall of the palace of the Prince Successor during the reign of King Rama III	The Red House, teak residence of Princess Sri Sudarak, elder sister of King Rama I at Thonburi Palace	Model of a traditional Thai house built on stilts
Khmer lintel in the Angkor style, 11-12th C.	BKKAug10 205.jpg	Cham lion, Indrapura, 9th-10th C.	Cham metope with Elephant, Indrapura, 9th-10th C. AD
Cham lion, Vijaya, 10th-14th C.	Cham lion, Vijaya, 10th-14th C.	Standing Buddha, Dvaravati style from Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai, 8th-9th C.	Khmer stone bas-relief illustrating deities, Preah Ko style, 10th C, Prasat Lolei, Cambodia
Sculpture gallery, National Museum, Bangkok	National Museum Bangkok	Vishnu, 6th-7th C., Muang Sri Thep, Phetchabun province	Vishnu, 6th-7th C., Muang Sri Thep, Phetchabun province
Heads of khmer door-guardians, Bayon style, 12th C., Wat Sak, Lopburi	Heads of khmer door-guardians, Bayon style, 12th C., Wat Sak, Lopburi	Naga head, Lopburi	Guardian figure
Guardian figure	Funeral chariot from the reign of Rama VI to carry the urn of his sister in 1924	Royal funerary chariot, 1924	Detail of a royal cremation chariot
Cremation chariot for high-ranking members of the Thai Royal Family	Cremation chariot for high-ranking members of the Thai Royal Family	Cremation chariot detail	Cremation chariot, National Museum, Bangkok
Buddha regarding the Bodhi tree with gratitude, reign of Rama V	National Museum, Bangkok	Royal Funerary Chariot	Royal Funerary Chariot
Statue of wrestlers, National Museum Bangkok	Hero wrestling monster lizard-man	The left is "Chalawan" The crocodile fighting with "Krai Thong" the Fighter. "Krai Thong"	Sala Longsong Pavilion from the palace of King Rama VI in Nakhon Pathom