Museum · Pratu Chai, Thailand
Chao Sam Phraya National Museum
A national museum in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand.
Chao Sam Phraya National Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ เจ้าสามพระยา) is a national museum in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand. It opened in 1961 and was created to house treasures discovered in the crypts of Wat Ratchaburana and Wat Mahathat, including Buddhist relics, jewellery, gold objects, and votive tablets, alongside a broader collection of sculpture and other artworks from historic sites in Ayutthaya.
As part of a Fine Arts Department redevelopment, the museum added an Ayutthaya Gold exhibition building to present gold finds from archaeological sites in Ayutthaya Province, displaying 2,244 objects.
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