Oddball Bangkok Museums

Several museums in and around Bangkok delve into Thailand’s wacky and idiosyncratic side. Definitely the most macabre if the Si Quey Forensics Museum, which revels in pickled body parts and cadavers of serial killers. A close second, the Corrections Museum recreates the rough justice meted out to criminals in the not so old days. The Museum of Counterfeit Goods displays Thailand’s best forgeries; as long as you call ahead, you’re welcome. Out on the outskirts, the weekends only Houser of Museums is two-storey sprawl of retro curiosities. Meanwhile, it’s safe sex all the way at the Condom Museum, which features numerous stimulating exhibits. Finally, if you’re interested in Thai cinema, walk among old film sets, 16mm cameras and startlingly real waxworks of local cinema heroes at the entertain Thai Film Museum.

CONDOM MUSEUM
Department of Medical Sciences
88/7 Tiwaanond Rd, Talad Kwan, Muang, Nonthaburi
02-589-5890
Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4:30pm
Free

CORRECTION MUSEUM
436 Bangkok Remand Prison
Mahachai Rd, Samranrat, Phra Nakhon
02-226-1704
Mon-Fri, 9:00am-4:00pm
Free

HOUSE OF MUSEUMS
170/17 Moo 17 Soi Klong 2
Salathammasop Rd, Taweewattana
089-666-2008
www.houseofmuseums.siam.edu
Sat-Sun, 10”00-5:00pm
Baht 30 entry fee

MUSEUM OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS
Supalai Grand Tower Building 26F
Rama III Rd
02-653-5555
www.tillekeandgibbins.com
By Appointment only

SU QUEY FORENCIS MUSEUM (Siriraj Medial Museum)
2 Prannok Rd, Bangkok Noi
02-419-7000, ext 6363
Mon-Sat, 9:00am-4:00pm
Baht 40 entry fee
www.si.mahidol.ac.th

THAI FILM MUSEUM
94 Moo 3 Bhuddhamonton Soi 5
Salaya, Nakorn Pathom
02-482-2013
www.nfat.org
Weekday: appointment only; weekend tours: 10:00am, noon, 3:00pm
Free