Attraction Details :
Rare Stone Museum is
the first and the only private stone museum in Thailand. Many strange
stones are collected here such as jades, fossils and ores from inside
and outside Thailand. It takes time and several journeys in making the
collections. Moreover, inside the rare museum are many photos, drawings,
Chinese paintings, stamps, matchboxes and old ashtrays.The definition of “stone”, according to the dictionary, means “the hard mass which naturally consists of one or more substances”. There are several types and colors of stones, for example stalagmites, stalactites, sedimentary rocks, shales, sandstones, limestones and coral rocks which naturally form.
Since millions of years has passed by, these stones are changed into different strange shapes, They will trigger the audiences to imagine the creative picture according to the shapes such as the forest view,
the river, the village, the island, the sea, plants and animals. Therefore, many people call them “the strange stones”. Some compares these stones to the heaven scripts without words written inside as the audiences can use their own imaginations to portray the picture of the stones.
Rare stone museum is the first and only place in Thailand that presents and conserves these stones such as strange-shaped stones, jades, fossils, natural stones, stalactites and ores from inside and outside Thailand. These stones are uniquely beautiful and offer a chance for audiences to imagine the picture of the stones.
Apart from rare stones, the museum also displays pictures, stamps, labeled matches, Thai and foreign cigarette labels, old ashtrays made from different materials such as baked clay, animal bones, woods, bamboos, seashells, crystal, brass, glass and ceramic, and rare drawings and paintings which all reflect the historical value and Thai culture.
The rare stone museum is the first rare stone in Thailand and Asia. At present, the rare stone museum has been moved to be located at the Rattanakosin village’s entrance and Poonsup market, before the Y-intersection of St. Carlos hospital, Pathumthani province.
