Erawan Museum
The Erawan Museum ( Thai : พิพิธภัณฑ์ ช้าง เอราวัณ ) is a museum in the Samut Prakan Province in central Thailand . The Samut Prakan Province is located directly south of Bangkok .
location
The Erawan Museum is located on Thanon Sukhumvit ( Sukhumvit Road ) in Samut Prakan Province south of the Khlong Samrong ( Samrong Canal ) in a loop of the Mae Nam Chao Phraya ( Chao Phraya River ).
Building history
Originally, a huge museum was to be built in the province of Chachoengsao , which was not established due to local disagreements. After extensive preparatory work, a site in the catchment area of Bangkok in the Samut Prakan province was selected. The foundation stone was laid on July 13, 1994, followed by about ten years of construction activity.
As an architectural specialty, the museum shows a round base building that carries a walk-in mythical three-headed elephant, the Erawan . The total height of the building including the elephants is 43.6 meters, the width of the elephant alone is 12 meters, its length 39 meters. It weighs 150 tons.
The Erawan Museum is a unique museum, especially because of its special architecture.
use
The entire structure and the adjacent park serves as a museum for Thai antiques. The main building is divided into three levels:
- the ground floor (Badan) shows an antique exhibition with Chinese porcelain and an overview of the building
- the middle floor is the stair area with stucco work and a painted glass roof by the German artist Jakob Schwarzkopf
- the upper floor exhibits the Buddhist antiquities, here you can see a representation of the universe on the ceiling, also designed by Schwarzkopf
literature
- Sudara Suchaxaya: The Erawan Museum: Convergence of Dreams, Faith and Gratitude . (Translated from: Jaroon Gainey, Stephen Lorriman). Bangkok 2006. ISBN 974-7385015 .
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Coordinates: 13 ° 37 ′ 42 ″ N , 100 ° 35 ′ 20 ″ E