The National Gallery in Bangkok of Thailand

Located among other fascinating tourist attractions in Bangkok of Thailand, The National Gallery is very easily traveled to. You can walk from Khao San road or from The National Museum to this tourist attraction with a few minutes because it is situated between them.



The Brief History of The National Gallery in Bangkok of Thailand.

The national gallery was originally called Rong Kasap Sitthikan. King Rama V graciously ordered to build a new mint factory instead of the old one which was situated on the grand palace grounds, in order to produce coins. This location of the new mint factory was the former palace of Phraratchawang Bowonsathan Mongkhon family. The construction was completed in 1920. It was a beautiful building, built from bricks like the buildings in Europe. The machine used for the fabrication of the coins was ordered from Europe, and was very modern at that time. Its capacity was around 80,000-100,000 coins a day. The cost of construction including the machine was around 800,000 Baht.

Consequently, when the mint factory was moved to pradiphat road, the ministry of finance gave the old building of Rong Kasap Sitthikan to the fine arts department. The building was renovated and it was used for various art exhibitions and is called the national gallery. Somdet Phrathep Pharat Ratchasuda Sayam Borommaratcha Kumari presided at the inauguration ceremony on August 8, 1977.

Open: Wednesday-Sunday 09.00am.-04.00pm.

Closed: Monday-Tuesday and National Holidays

Accommodations near the tourist attraction

There are many kinds of accommodations around the tourist attraction such as guesthouse and hotel. You can find out them at Khao San road area. You can also check in at The Royal hotel located on Ratchadamneon Klang road, not far from the tourist attraction.