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ACCOMMODATIONS
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Privately Guided Tours
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Bangkok Full Day Tours
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Bangkok Cultural Tours
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Bangkok By Night Tours
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River Kwai / Death Rail.
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Floating Market
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Klong Tours
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Night Safari Adventure
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Rafting
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River Cruises
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Temples & Palaces
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Thai Cooking Classes
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Trekking
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Weekend Sailing
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 BUSINESS
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 INFORMATION
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Palaces & Buildings
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::Winamek Mansion::
The first permanent residence in the Dusit Garden was Vimanmek Mansion, built In 1900 by royal command of king Rama V. The King had the Munthaturattanaroj Residence in Chuthathujrachathan at Koh Sri Chang, Chonburi, dismantled and rebuilt in the Dusit Garden under the supervision of HRH Prince Narissaranuwaddhiwongse.
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The celebration for the completion of Vimanmek Mansion was held on March 27,1901. King Rama V then moved his residence from the Grand Palace to stay permanently at Vimanmek Mansion for five years until the completion of Amporn Satarn Residence in 1906 where he lived until his death in 1910, Vimanmek Mansion was then closed down and members of the royal family moved back to the Grand Palace.
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Near the end of his reign, King Rama VI (1910-1925) gave permission to Her Majesty Indharasaksaji to stay at Vimanmek Mansion. After the King's dealh, she moved to stay another residence in Suan Hong compound north of Vimanmek Mansion and the Mansion was closed.
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King Rama VII (1925-1934) renovated the Mansion several times. For example, he ordered the installation of new electrical wires and the repair of columns of the main pier at the artificial lake In the garden. But starting in 1932, Vimanmek Mansion was used only as a storage place of the Bureau of the Royal Household.
In 1982, on the auspicious occasion of the Bicentennial Anniversary of Bangkok, Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, who had discovered that Vimanmek Mansion, with its elaborate architectural style was still intact, asked permission of His Majesty King Rama IX to renovate the Mansion for use as a museum to commemorate King Rama V by displaying his photographs, personal art and handicrafts, and to serve as a showcase of the Thai national heritage for future generations.
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Vimanmek Mansion is the world's largest golden teakwood mansion with its elaborate architectural style reflecting a western influence. The building has two right-angled wings, each wing 60 meters long and meters high, and is three-storied except for the part where King Rama V resided, which is octagonal and four-storied. Although the ground floor is brick and cement, the upper floors are built of beautiful golden teakwood. Altogether there are 31 exhibition rooms, with the bedrooms, the throne room and the bathrooms maintaining the atmosphere of the Thai past. Some display rooms house exhibitions of Thai art including silverware, ceramics, crystal ware, and ivory.
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Besides Vimanmek Mansion and Amporn Salam Residence in the compound of Dusit Garden (or Dusit Palace as it was later renamed by King Rama V), King Rama V allocated plots of land for the construction of residences for his consort, princesses, and Other wives. He also named gardens, canals, gates and roads after ancient Chinese ceramics (commonly called "Khrueng Kirn Tung"), which were very popular at the lime. Thus, the residence that belonged to HRH Srisawarindhira was named Suan Hong Residence (Swan Garden Residence), These residences located north of Vimanmek Mansion have been turned into museum buildings and a hall for royal coaches on show to the public.
Museum Hours : 09,30 a.m.-3.15 p.m. every day, including weekends and public holidays.
Traditional Thai dancing : Two shows daily at 10.30 a.m. and at 2.00 p.m.
Proper attire Is required.
Location : Rajavithi Road, Dusit, Bangkok 10300
Telephone: 628-6300-9
Admission fee: Adults 50 Baht, Students, monks, nuns 20 Bath
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Map - Vinamek
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1 - Vimanmek Mansion Museum
2 - Support Museum Abhisek Dusit Throen Hall
3 - Ticket Room
4 - The Stage
5 - Souvenir Shop and refreshments
6 - H.M King Bhumipol's photographic Museum II
7 - H.M King Bhumipol's photographic Museum I
8 - Information
9 - Old Clock Museum
10 - Office
11 - Slide Multitision Hall
12 - Ancient Cloth and Silk
13 - Food Shop
14 - Office 2
15 - Pharaphernalias of Rank and Portraits Museum
16 - Royal Carriage 1,2,3
17 - Royal Ceremonial Photographic Museum
18 - Suan Si Ruedo Residential Hall Museum
19 - Suan Bua Residential Hall Museum
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::The Grand Palace::
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This palace has an area of 218,400 sq. metres and is surrounded by walls built in 1782. The length of the four walls is 1,900 metres. Within these walls are situated government offices and the Chapel Royal of the Emerald Buddha besides the royal residences. When Siam restored law and order after the fall of Ayutthaya the monarch lived in Thonburi on the west side of the river. Rama I, on ascending the throne, moved the centre of administration to this side of the Chao Phraya; and, after erecting public monuments such as fortifications and monasteries, built a palace to serve not only as his residence but also his offices--the various ministries, only one of which remains in the palace walls. This palace came to be known as the Grand Palace, in which the earliest edifices contemporary with the foundation of Bangkok were the two groups of residences named the Dusit Maha Prasat and the Phra Maha Monthian. Click for Virtual movie presentation here
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::Phra Thinang Borom Phiman Mansion::
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Built in the western style in 1903 by King Rama V for the Heir Apparent, the future King Rama VI, this mansion was also used at various times as a royal residence by King Rama VII (1925-1935), King Rama VIII (1935-1946), and the present King Rama IX. At present the Borom Phiman Mansion serves as the Royal Guest House for visiting Heads of State and guests of Their Majesties.
When King Mongkut, Rama IV, came to the throne he had a residential complex built on the site of the present Sivalaya garden to the east of the Phra Maha Monthian, the main part of this being given the name of Borom Phiman. Owing to the inferior building material available at the time the buildings had to be dismantled in the reign of the King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, and the name of Borom Phiman given to the new building which the King built for his son and heir a little to the north of the original building of that name. When King Rama VI ascended the throne, he had the new Borom Phiman renovated. Among the innovations was the quadrangular dome over the inner chamber,with frescoes - depicting the Siamese conception of the Vedic gods of India held up as the guardians of the Universe. Starting with Indra on the east side,we come to Yama on the south, then Varuna on the west and finally Agni on the north side. Click for Virtual movie presentation here
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