Museum
Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall
100 Thanon Ratchadamnoen Klang, Khwaeng Wat Bowon Niwet, Khet Phra Nakhon, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10200
Multimedia museum tracing Bangkok's founding and the two-century sweep of the Rattanakosin era.
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.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.