The Phuket Tin Mining Museum inward Kathu district is instantly opened upwards (more or less). There is notwithstanding operate continuing, it's non 100% open, perchance yesteryear the halt of 2010, but anyway, I decided to acquire banking concern tally it out amongst my kids on Saturday. It's non the easiest identify to discovery unless y'all know the dorsum roads. Coming from Kathu y'all direct maintain to accept the dorsum route around behind Loch Palm Golf Club that heads through the hills to the British International School. It's oftentimes used yesteryear taxis as well as minibuses equally a shortcut betwixt Patong as well as the airport. I approximate the museum was built hither because they needed lots of land, hence had to discovery a identify where province was non equally good expensive.
• Update - I blogged the Phuket Mining Museum 1 time again inward Jan 2011
It's been years inward the making. We kickoff went to direct maintain a await to a greater extent than than two years agone - y'all tin forcefulness out run into a photograph here on my conditions blog. That was Oct 2007, the chief edifice was prepare as well as it looked similar the museum mightiness opened upwards inward 2008. Since as well as hence nosotros direct maintain looked inward several times to run into if anything was happening - nosotros purpose the route equally a handy shortcut from Kathu towards the northward of Phuket.
So instantly it's Jan 2010 as well as I am happy to tell y'all tin forcefulness out instantly view the museum, as well as happy to tell that I intend they direct maintain done a real proficient project - we'll endure dorsum certainly after inward the year. There were non genuinely whatever staff around when nosotros went. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 guy gave me a ticket amongst a 200 Baht toll as well as charged me 100 Baht, complimentary for the kids. Another older guy wandered around as well as showed us a few things as well as opened upwards a door to a display that seemed unopen as well as shouted at individual to plough the lights on! There were genuinely a few other visitors, but given that the museum has cost fifty 1 1000 1000 Baht to build, it's going to demand to a greater extent than than a few tourists to pay that back!
I am also happy to tell my kids enjoyed the museum - I was worried they mightiness discovery it boring, but genuinely in that place is a lot to run into here. We started only within the entrance amongst some rooms total of antiques as well as photos. The museum edifice has been built inward the old "Sino Portuguese" trend that is mutual inward the older areas of Phuket Town.
Then nosotros entered the geology section... perchance my immature adult woman volition endure a geologist... although I did acquire calls of "Boooring!" when I started to explicate virtually Igneous, Metamorphic as well as Sedimentary rocks :) This department of the museum is educational amongst displays virtually rocks as well as development as well as such.
My kids, bored amongst the deviation betwixt intrusive as well as extrusive igneous rocks, walked off ahead, exclusively to come upwards dorsum screaming amongst fearfulness as well as hiding behind my back.. I wondered if in that place was a ophidian or something around the corner, but no...
It was a scary caveman :) Around the adjacent corner nosotros started amongst dioramas showing early on mining techniques progressing to to a greater extent than modern tin mining methods used inward Phuket. It was tin mining that made Phuket a rich area, equally good equally safe plantations, angling as well as the fact that Phuket was an of import trading post. Tourism is bringing novel wealth, but Phuket has a lot of "old money". Tin mining was an of import manufacture inward Phuket since the 18th century. The final mine closed inward 1992.
The miniature diorama below shows an opened upwards shape mine, Many of the mines inward Phuket were similar this - y'all cannot run into whatever now, or tin forcefulness out you? In the Kathu expanse in that place are many lakes as well as ponds - all were one-time tin mines. My kids liked this display - only similar the mini people inward the painting demonstrate "Night at the Museum" :)
(above) My boy looks at a display virtually tin dredging - bucket dredgers started functioning inward 1909 as well as operated for over lxxx years. We as well as hence motion on to a (not quite complete) display virtually tin processing where my immature adult woman enjoyed looking at rocks nether a microscope as well as my boy enjoyed banging rocks amongst a hammer :)
The museum edifice is done inward that old trend amongst a huge courtyard as well as rooms all around. Many of the rooms are equally yet undeveloped, as well as nosotros idea nosotros were all done until the homo appeared as well as the lights came on as well as nosotros entered a novel department built similar old Phuket streets amongst shops as well as houses, a shadow puppet theater, a Chinese shrine... cool!
I intend exclusively because nosotros were almost the exclusively visitors were my kids allowed to play amongst the shadow puppets.. non certain they'd desire each as well as every nipper to mess about, but my two enjoyed it :)
My immature adult woman also enjoyed pretending to brand clothing inward an old Chinese house..
Again, 1 time the museum is 100% opened upwards I don't intend they'll desire people touching everything, but exceptions were made here.. the old dude seemed to endure the museum curator as well as he said it was fine for the kids to explore. I am happy they enjoyed the sense as well as they already desire to acquire back. Good, I'll brand nerds out of them yet. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flake of history, a flake of geology, a flake of engineering. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot to run into as well as larn at the Kathu Tin Mining Museum as well as looks similar in that place volition endure enough to a greater extent than 1 time everything is finished. Still to a greater extent than to play amongst exterior - an old Chinese trend rickshaw. OK kids, I'll give y'all twenty Baht to push clitoris me home....
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• Update - I blogged the Phuket Mining Museum 1 time again inward Jan 2011
It's been years inward the making. We kickoff went to direct maintain a await to a greater extent than than two years agone - y'all tin forcefulness out run into a photograph here on my conditions blog. That was Oct 2007, the chief edifice was prepare as well as it looked similar the museum mightiness opened upwards inward 2008. Since as well as hence nosotros direct maintain looked inward several times to run into if anything was happening - nosotros purpose the route equally a handy shortcut from Kathu towards the northward of Phuket.
So instantly it's Jan 2010 as well as I am happy to tell y'all tin forcefulness out instantly view the museum, as well as happy to tell that I intend they direct maintain done a real proficient project - we'll endure dorsum certainly after inward the year. There were non genuinely whatever staff around when nosotros went. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 guy gave me a ticket amongst a 200 Baht toll as well as charged me 100 Baht, complimentary for the kids. Another older guy wandered around as well as showed us a few things as well as opened upwards a door to a display that seemed unopen as well as shouted at individual to plough the lights on! There were genuinely a few other visitors, but given that the museum has cost fifty 1 1000 1000 Baht to build, it's going to demand to a greater extent than than a few tourists to pay that back!
I am also happy to tell my kids enjoyed the museum - I was worried they mightiness discovery it boring, but genuinely in that place is a lot to run into here. We started only within the entrance amongst some rooms total of antiques as well as photos. The museum edifice has been built inward the old "Sino Portuguese" trend that is mutual inward the older areas of Phuket Town.
Then nosotros entered the geology section... perchance my immature adult woman volition endure a geologist... although I did acquire calls of "Boooring!" when I started to explicate virtually Igneous, Metamorphic as well as Sedimentary rocks :) This department of the museum is educational amongst displays virtually rocks as well as development as well as such.
My kids, bored amongst the deviation betwixt intrusive as well as extrusive igneous rocks, walked off ahead, exclusively to come upwards dorsum screaming amongst fearfulness as well as hiding behind my back.. I wondered if in that place was a ophidian or something around the corner, but no...
It was a scary caveman :) Around the adjacent corner nosotros started amongst dioramas showing early on mining techniques progressing to to a greater extent than modern tin mining methods used inward Phuket. It was tin mining that made Phuket a rich area, equally good equally safe plantations, angling as well as the fact that Phuket was an of import trading post. Tourism is bringing novel wealth, but Phuket has a lot of "old money". Tin mining was an of import manufacture inward Phuket since the 18th century. The final mine closed inward 1992.
The miniature diorama below shows an opened upwards shape mine, Many of the mines inward Phuket were similar this - y'all cannot run into whatever now, or tin forcefulness out you? In the Kathu expanse in that place are many lakes as well as ponds - all were one-time tin mines. My kids liked this display - only similar the mini people inward the painting demonstrate "Night at the Museum" :)
(above) My boy looks at a display virtually tin dredging - bucket dredgers started functioning inward 1909 as well as operated for over lxxx years. We as well as hence motion on to a (not quite complete) display virtually tin processing where my immature adult woman enjoyed looking at rocks nether a microscope as well as my boy enjoyed banging rocks amongst a hammer :)
The museum edifice is done inward that old trend amongst a huge courtyard as well as rooms all around. Many of the rooms are equally yet undeveloped, as well as nosotros idea nosotros were all done until the homo appeared as well as the lights came on as well as nosotros entered a novel department built similar old Phuket streets amongst shops as well as houses, a shadow puppet theater, a Chinese shrine... cool!
I intend exclusively because nosotros were almost the exclusively visitors were my kids allowed to play amongst the shadow puppets.. non certain they'd desire each as well as every nipper to mess about, but my two enjoyed it :)
My immature adult woman also enjoyed pretending to brand clothing inward an old Chinese house..
Again, 1 time the museum is 100% opened upwards I don't intend they'll desire people touching everything, but exceptions were made here.. the old dude seemed to endure the museum curator as well as he said it was fine for the kids to explore. I am happy they enjoyed the sense as well as they already desire to acquire back. Good, I'll brand nerds out of them yet. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flake of history, a flake of geology, a flake of engineering. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot to run into as well as larn at the Kathu Tin Mining Museum as well as looks similar in that place volition endure enough to a greater extent than 1 time everything is finished. Still to a greater extent than to play amongst exterior - an old Chinese trend rickshaw. OK kids, I'll give y'all twenty Baht to push clitoris me home....
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