A spectacular traditionally built teak house displaying magnificent collections of Thai art and porcelain.

Tour ID	TBKK0077
Destination:	Bangkok, Thailand
Activity:	Arts & Culture
Price:	start from 790 Baht per person
Duration:	Half Day

Tour Rates* (Price/Person) in Thai Baht
Period	Single	Double	Triple	Group 4-6	Single Supplement
Morning Program (Start time: 9.00 am)
1 Nov 2010 – 31 Oct 2011	1,450	790	580	N/A	N/A
Afternoon Program (Start time: 2.00 pm)
1 Nov 2010 – 31 Oct 2011	1,450	790	580	N/A	N/A

Rates include 7% VAT tax and 10% hotel service charge. Major credit cards accepted. No extra charge, no minimum

Note: Booking should be made at least 7 days in advance. The Triple rates are based on a twin sharing room with an extra bed for the third person.

Itinerary

This remarkable Thai style house was the work of Mr. Jim Thompson, an American who came to Thailand at the end of the Second World War and revived the Thai silk industry. His later disappearance in the Malaysian jungles remains a mystery to this day. The house, now a museum, is opposite to the National Stadium on Rama 1 Road. Here, experience and admire the very original Thai Style house in a close and friendly atmosphere and also find some souvenirs from the museum shop.

Price Includes:

• Private round trip transfers from the hotel to Jim Thompson House Museum
• Admission fee at Jim Thompson House Museum

Price Excludes:

• Personal expense
• Other services not mentioned in the program

Note:

• The museum closes on Sundays

About the Package

American Influence
It is perhaps ironic that one of the best examples of traditional Thai residential architecture and a breathtaking collection of Southeast Asian art are exemplified in a house built by an American national. Nonetheless, Jim Thompson’s House is one of Bangkok’s more popular destinations for visitors – and deservedly so.

Smooth as Silk
Jim Thompson, who was born in Delaware in 1906, fell in love with Thailand while posted as an intelligence agent in Bangkok during WWII. He later made it his permanent home and started a business supplying fine Thai silk to overseas fashion houses, single-handedly saving what had been a dying cottage industry. His silk company continues to flourish today.

Teak Collection
With the proceeds of his success, Thompson collected an impressive range of art works, and sections of derelict teak houses, assembling them into a teak house/museum complex set in a lush garden alongside central Bangkok’s Saen Saep Canal.

Art & Artifacts
The main house is full of tastefully displayed Asian art and curios including Buddha images, paintings, ceramics and antique furniture. The living areas have been preserved as they were when Thompson lived there before his mysterious disappearance in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands while on holiday in 1967.

Multilingual guides conduct tours of the complex, and have extensive knowledge of the art and architecture within.

Near the entrance there is a newly-built Thai restaurant and bar plus a sizeable boutique selling quality silk items, books and prints.