Museum Lampang is an interesting place worth making a trip to when visiting the city. This is a great opportunity to learn about the history of this region of Thailand in an engaging way. This tour will take you from prehistory to modern times.
Museum Lampang – a brief description of the institution
The museum was created thanks to the cooperation of several institutions such as the National Discovery Museum Institute (NDMI), Office of Knowledge Management and Development, Thailand Knowledge Park (TK Park), Museum Siam, and Lampang City Municipality. The result of this cooperation is a place offering exhibitions and a library with over 3,000 books. Interestingly, this facility is a prototype of an educational resource in the form of an educational museum. It is also a starting point for creating similar places in the region.
Location, opening hours, admission price
Location
Museum Lampang is located in the city center on Bunyawat Road. The large building is easy to find due to its yellow color.
An important building nearby is the Lampang City Pillar Shrine – opposite the museum. It’s a great landmark, by the way.
Opening hours and admission
Museum Lampang is open from Tuesday to Sunday: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The lunch break lasts one hour: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Group tours are also organized – six rounds a day from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Entry is free.
Museum Lampang – step by step tour
The layout of the rooms is arranged in such a way as to guide guests through subsequent periods of the province’s history. Starting from prehistory and ending with modern times. There are 16 rooms, and each of them corresponds to a specific period of the past.
Halls in the Museum Lampang
Building Lampang City
Who built the city, and what did it look like in the past? You will find out when you start an adventure related to the distant past.
Legends of Lampang
Thanks to interestingly prepared picture stories with text resembling comics, you will learn amazing legends.
Back to the past
Here you can see fossils revealing the prehistoric history of the region.
Pratu Khong, roots of Lampang
Then you will go through a gate to a room where multimedia will show you the former appearance of “Khelang Nakhon”, this is the historical name of the city.
Fantastic Four of Lampang
Elephant, Naga, Lion, and Eagle. What do they have in common? In this corner of the museum, you will listen to an adventure story featuring these heroes, called The Fantastic Four of Wat Pong Sanuk. Your expedition will also take you to the second-generation city of Lampang called Wieng Lakon during the Kingdom of Lanna, Burma, and Ayutthaya.
A look into Lampang
The period of the Rattanakosin Kingdom was characterized by economic prosperity and the presence of many traders from China, Burma, and the West. This is the time when Lampang becomes a third-generation city.
Chicken stories
Lampang’s symbol is a white chicken. It is the various chicken symbols that will tell you the history of Lampang’s development from the past to the present day.
Turning points of Lampang
Different groups of people take turns playing important roles in how the city has changed throughout history. Who were they, and how did they influence Lampang? You will find out the answer to this question in this room.
Railway story
Another important change is the appearance of the railway. As it turns out, it is not just a convenient means of transport. The railway contributed significantly to revolutionizing the city, as this stage of the journey through the history of the region will show you.
Lampang on a carriage
Here they say that these are not ordinary carriages, but “Lampang carriages”. See for yourself how unique they are during a trip with this means of transport. At the same time, you will visit interesting tourist attractions.
Myanmar temples, international style
The colonial period saw the influx of British, Burmese, and Shan people to the province in order to run the lumber business. One of the rich Burmese built several temples in the Burmese style. As a result, Lampang boasts the largest number of Burmese temples in Thailand, although they are also called Burmese temples in western style.
Simple temples of Lampang
One of the characteristics of temples in the region are small, compact wooden roofs with eaves. They are therefore practical to use in the local climate, and their design follows the concept of Buddhist cosmology.
Wisdoms of Lampang
High quality amplifier used without plugging in, language used to talk to no man, entire forest scaled down and placed in a small gate. Is it possible? You will be amazed by the answers that will reveal to you the wisdom of the people of Lampang.
Dialects of Lampang
Another interesting aspect. In Lampang, the Lanna dialect is not used, only their own dialect. As it also turns out, dialects in Lampang can take different forms depending on the district.
Tourism in Lampang
In this part of the museum, you will see many unique objects and tourist attractions.
This is Lampang
At the end of this trip, you can answer the question: what do you like about Lampang? Express your opinion and, above all, have fun while exploring the city and province.
Museum Lampang – tour in a pleasant atmosphere
This place has many advantages. Nicely decorated exhibitions, interesting artifacts, and a calm atmosphere are some of them. These advantages make a trip to the Museum Lampang an interesting experience. It is an opportunity to learn about the history of the city and the province attractively, both visually and substantively. It is definitely an important point on the Lampang tourist map. Therefore, we encourage you to visit and wish you a pleasant trip.
