Queen Savang Vadhana Museum

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The Queen Savang Vadhana Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์พระพันวัสสาอัยยิการเจ้า) is a Thai traditional museum about the royal duties of Queen Savang Vadhana who was a consort of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and the grandmother of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). The museum is located at Sa Pathum Palace, Bangkok. The museum was established in 2008 in a former mansion of the queen. It is open by appointment annually from mid-December to March.[1][2][3]

History[]

The Queen Savang Vadhana Museum used to be the mansion of Queen Savang Vadhana[4] from 1916 till the end of her life on 17 December 1955. Then it became the mansion of Princess Srinagarindra, her daughter-in-law. After Princess Srinagarindra passed away, King Bhumibol Adulyadej gave the palace to Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (the great grand-daughter of Queen Savang Vadhana, daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej). The building is thus an important part of the history of Thai Royal family.

On 27 October 2005, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn established Queen Savang Vadhana Foundation as a resource center for further studies of the royal activities of Queen Savang Vadhana. On 17 December 2008, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn established the Queen Savang Vadhana Museum at the Phra Tamnak Yai (Queen Savang Vadhana's mansion) in accordance with the speech by King Bhumibol Adulyadej that this place should be established as a museum to show her royal duties and activities as a model of people during her time. It also marked the celebrations of the King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary on 5 December 2007.[5]

Exhibition[]

Main Exhibition[]

The main exhibition is separated into two parts[6]

  1. Exhibition Hall documents the history of the museum including the history of Queen Savang Vadhana’s life, the renovation of Phra Tamnak Yai (the mansion), Sa Pathum Palace, and seasonal exhibits.
  2. Phra Tamnak Yai is the mansion of Queen Savang Vadhana from 1916 to 1995. She planned the interior zoning by herself then assigned architects to design following her plan, which mainly is about the flow of the wind directions of each season. The building was completed in 1914-1915.

Phra Tamnak Yai Exhibition[]

Phra Tamnak Yai exhibition is divided into three collections covering three periods:

  1. The beginning when her son, Prince Mahidol, was back from overseas and married Princess Srinagarindra in 1920 at this mansion
  2. The period after her son had a daughter born in England and brought his family back home to stay with the queen
  3. The period after her son came back from his study in the United States with his wife and three children, a daughter and two sons, the future kings Rama VIII and Rama IX

The second floor of the mansion has a bedroom which leads out to the balcony where Queen Savang Vadhana presided over the royal wedding ceremony of her grandson, king Rama IX.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "พิพิธภัณฑ์ฯ – สมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า". Queensavang.org. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "พิพิธภัณฑ์สมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า เปิดให้เข้าชมตั้งแต่วันนี้ - 31 มี.ค. 60". Travel.mthai.com. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ "เที่ยวกรุงเทพฯ ด้วยบีทีเอส : BTSC". Bts.co.th. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ "เปิด "พิพิธภัณฑ์สมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า ณ วังสระปทุม"". Sanook.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ^ Queen Savang Vadhana Foundation (2008). ศรีสวรินทิรานุสรณีย์ น้อมรำลึกถึงสมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า(The Memorial of Queen Savang Vadhana), Amarin Printing & Publishing, Bangkok. ISBN 9786169058526.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Queen Savang Vadhana Foundation. "Queen Savang Vadhana Museum", Bangkok, (n.d). Retrieved on 24 February 2017

Coordinates: 13°44′53″N 100°32′02″E / 13.747988°N 100.533857°E / 13.747988; 100.533857

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