Research & Article

This research was aimed to study, gather, and manage cultural heritage as well as create a database for cultural heritage and traditional knowledge to promote and publicize local museums and management of cultural tourism with sustainable community participation. It was also intended to study patterns of displaying exhibition in local museums as a source of community learning and support of cultural tourism at the Museums of Wat Bang Krasob and Wat Bang KoBua. The tools used to research involved questionnaire, group discussion topics, interviews, antiquities recording form, and project or activity assessment form. The analysis was done using content analysis approach divided by information derived from the discussions, interviews and applied statistical analysis of satisfaction.

The research found (1) Intellectual heritage of Bangkrasob’s temple are Luang Pu Choie’s votive tablets, porcelains and paintings in ancient Thai scrolls in Khmer letter, early Ratanakosin period. The wisdom in making coconut-palm sugar, carve of a banana stalk and perforated paper. At Bangkorbou’s temple are the medication of Luang Pu’s Meuan, antiques, ceramics, Thai wooden parsonage and the old chapel in Early Rattanakosin Period. (2) The exhibit format in the museum has divided the areas in to the history section of faith. The continuation and development of measurement community wisdom, culture, lifestyle community and space for learning activities. Participation of the local communities in consideration, cooperation, and benefits taking encourages a sense of mutual ownership and community pride of own cultural heritage. A field trip to locations with similar context helps strengthen confidence in the community work, confidence in their potential and ability to manage according to the community context. The museum sustainability can be derived by allowing local people and agencies to take parts in management which will build the sense of passion and mutual ownership and the management yields mutual benefits to all sectors.