Suan Pakkad Palace or ''Suan Pakkard Palace'' ( th, สวนผักกาด, , ) is a museum in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

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. It is located on Sri Ayutthaya Road, south of the Victory Monument. The museum has Thai antiques on display, including Ban Chiang

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and por ...

which are over 4,000 years old. Originally the home of Prince

Chumbhotbongs Paribatra Chumbhotbongs Paribatra, Prince of Nakhon Sawan Province, Nakhon Sawan II ( th, จุมภฏพงษ์บริพัตร; , 5 December 1904 – 15 September 1959) was the only son of Prince Paripatra to survive into adulthood. He marrie ...

(1904–1959) and his wife, they converted it into a museum which opened in 1952. The museum features a group of four traditional Thai houses with covered hallways between them. There is also artwork on display in its Marsi Gallery. The name Suan Pakkad translates as "Cabbage Patch", but the museum's collection of five traditional pavilions is one of the best examples of traditional domestic

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

in the city. The Lacquer Pavilion is the most striking building, and is over 450 years old.

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Literature

* *''Thailand'', The National Geographic Traveler, page 95, 2001.

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