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The Old Bangkok III: A Visit to Four Heritage Buildings

มิ.ย. 25, 2024

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The Old Bangkok III: A Visit to Four Heritage Buildings

When visiting Thailand for the first time, most visitors anticipate seeing temples and traditional homes with distinctive roofs. To one’s surprise, the nation and its capital are actually rich sources of European architecture. Western architecture began to flourish in Siam during the modernisation period more than a century ago while also representing a story of intercultural differences, more obscure class structures and changing habits of Siamese people. Bangkok’s Old Town is now home to a unique blend of historic buildings with European influences and traditional Thai structures. However, there is still more to the city’s urban landscape than imposing temples and remodelled colonial residences.

Following previous years’ two study trips to various European-styled heritage buildings in Bangkok from both King Rama V’s and King Rama VI’s reigns, The Siam Society, under the leadership of Dr Navamintr Vitayakul, Council Member and Chairperson of the Lecture Committee of The Siam Society, will present this rare opportunity of a one-day trip to visit some of the spectacular heritage buildings in Bangkok, including Himmapan House, King Prajadhipok Museum, Suriyanuvat House, and Abdulrahim House.

When

Friday, 20 September 2024

Leader

with Dr Navamintr Vitayakul

Council Member and Chairperson of the Lecture Committee of The Siam Society

Booking

See information below

Or contact Khun Thun

studytrips@thesiamsociety.org

 

The tentative programme will be as follows:

Friday, 20 September 2024
– Meet at The Siam Society, 131 Asoke Montri Road, Sukhumvit 21, Bangkok.
08:30 Depart The Siam Society to Himmapan House, located in Vajira Hospital. It originally belonged to Phra Sanphakan who built two buildings called “Phra Sanphakanhirankij Building” and “Khun Sap Building” (the latter is no longer there). Later, they were called Yellow and Pink Buildings.
– Visit King Prajadhipok Museum. The building was built during the reigns of King Rama VI and King Rama VII and was recently restored as a museum displaying photographs, documents, and royal records in remembrance of His Majesty King Prajadhipok and Her Majesty Queen Rambai Barni.
Noon: Lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon: Visit Suriyanuvat House, a two-storey building that formerly belonged to Minister Phraya Suriyanuvat. His birth name was Kerd Bunnag and he was considered Thailand’s first economist with his contributions to the country’s finance.
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 Then visit Abdulrahim House, which originally belonged to Mr H. Abdulrahim, an Indian merchant who came to settle in Thailand during the reign of King Rama V.
17:00 Arrive at The Siam Society.

The Siam Society reserves the right to change the programme as necessary.

 

Important notes:

– The Siam Society may utilise photos taken from study trips, lectures, performances, and other activities as part of its public relations and marketing campaign. These photos, which may sometimes contain image(s) of activity participants, can also be featured on the Society’s website and other online social media channels.

– As part of our effort to address the issue of global warming, The Siam Society strongly supports the reduction of plastic waste. We kindly ask participants to bring their own water flask during the trip, if possible.

Booking:

The contribution of THB 3,500 (THB 4,000 for non-member) will cover transportation, meals as mentioned in the programme, gratuities and other costs incurred to make this trip possible. In addition, basic travel insurance is included. Your reservation will be confirmed as soon as the payment has been made. There is a 4% surcharge for credit/debit card payment to cover bank charges. Please pay by cash or cheque payable to “The Siam Society”. Transfer can also be made to The Siam Society travel account at TMBThanachart Bank (ttb), saving account no. 053-2-18000-7 or by scanning the QR code below. Once payment has been made, please e-mail the deposit or transfer docket to us.

 

For further information and bookings please contact Khun Thun at 02-661-6470-3 ext. 205 or studytrips@thesiamsociety.org. The Society office is open from 09:00 to 17:00, Tuesday to Saturday.

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