this makes an interesting change to your itinerary in Bangkok ~ Tourist Patrol

this makes an interesting change to your itinerary in Bangkok

If you would like a break from temples and markets, this makes an interesting change to your itinerary in Bangkok.

An interesting old house turned museum in the CBD of Bangkok, dating back to World War II period, It is located at Soi Charoen Krung 43, near the Sri Rat Expressway several hundred meters from the right bank of the Chao Phraya and the intersection of Soi Charoen Krung 43 and Maha Set Road.

On the first day of October in the year 2004, the museum fell under the management of the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority.

The museum was originally the home of the Suravadee family which was built in 1937, but was converted into the Bangkok Folk Museum to display housewares of the upper-middle class Thais during that period, it offers an insight into their lifestyle in the mid-20th century, that is something you can't find in any other museum in Bangkok.

There are four buildings set in a lush garden in half an acre of land in the Bangrak district near the Chao Phraya River.

Three of these buildings are open for public viewing,

So we can say that the museum has 3 main buildings you can visit.

The first building, used to be the home of the Suravadee family, a wooden building with a covered verandah at the back. The ground floor includes an anteroom connecting to the dining room, guest room and a nice-looking library.

The dining room has a collection of European porcelain around the 1899 - 1913 period and old Chinese ceramics.

All the bedrooms are still the same as they were built with colorful face towels folded into shapes of animals, old shaving sets, a dressing table and an old sewing machine.

The second building in the Bangkok Folk was meant to be the home and clinic of Dr Francis Christian, Ms. Waraporn’s stepfather.

Dr Christian died before he could move in and the house was rented out.

Ms. Acharn Waraporn Suravadee is the daughter of the original owners, who lives in the fourth building which isn't allowed for visitors to enter.

Thanks to her great efforts that the Bangkok Folk Museum was established.

The second building is preserved in memory of Dr Christian.

It includes a room upstairs which displays, medical equipment used in the early 1930s and old cigar box collection which belongs to Dr. Christian.

The third building in the folk museum has a collection of traditional kitchen. A walk through the wide hall on the ground floor is like walking through a time warp, it will make you get nostalgic.

In the old days, lunch boxes were used to keep or deliver food, before there were any refrigerators; food was stored overnight in meat safes.

The “wok” is the traditional frying pan using in many Southeast Asian countries. It’s still in use today. So are the food steamers. They are multi-tiered today.

These were the kitchen stoves back in the 20th century before gas and electricity took over.

It's an interesting place to see how people used to live their life, you'll enjoy your time there.