Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall
Multimedia museum tracing Bangkok's founding and the two-century sweep of the Rattanakosin era.
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Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall in Bangkok opens with the 1782 crossing that founded the city, when a general became King Rama the First and began raising the Grand Palace from mangrove swamp. The guide moves through nine gemstone-named rooms, from a four-dimensional founding film to a miniature palace and the Emerald Buddha's seasonal costumes. It also traces the building's own past as a gateway office on an avenue modeled on Paris. Listen for which room holds the wraparound screen.
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