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Ancient Siam (formerly known as Ancient City) is the world's
biggest open-air museum. It occupies an area of 500 rais (200 acres).
Construction began in the latter part of 1963. It is located at Tambon
Bang Pu Mai, at Km. 33.5 of the old Sukhumvit Road, 8 kilometres from
Samut Prakan town. This unique attraction is the center of scaled-down
and actual-size replicas of important historical sites of various
provinces such as Prasat Hin Phanom Rung, Wat Mahathat Sukhothai,
Phraphuttabat Saraburi, Phrathat Mueang Nakhon, Phrathat Chaiya, etc.
Furthermore, there are rare traditional folk arts and cultures, some of
which are hard to come by nowadays. For those who wish to learn about
Thailand, they will not be disappointed here.
Getting there: by car, take the Samrong - Samut
Prakan Road to Samut Prakan T-junction and turn left going along the
old Sukhumvit road (road to Bang Pu), then at approximately Km. 33 turn
into an entry road to Muang Boran and drive on for 8 kilometres, Muang
Boran will be on the left. To get there by bus, take the
air-conditioned bus Line No. 11 (Pin Klao - Pak Nam) to the end of the
Line and take the local mini-bus Line No. 36 to Mueang Boran.
Ancient Siam is called Muang Boran by Thai people. The museum is open daily from 8.00 a.m.-5.00
p.m. Admission : Adult 300 baht, Child 200 baht. Fees for taking a car
or van in is 50 Baht. For more information call 0-2709-1644 or
0-2224-1058-7, 0-2226-1936-7 or click www.ancientcity.com
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