I had a gratis twenty-four hr menses final weekend, amongst some vague plans to essay some novel places. After tiffin at a eating seat on Monkey Hill inwards Phuket town, as well as a lilliputian walk inwards town visiting a Hindu temple as well as a Sikh temple, I drove downward towards Rawai beach on a hot sunny afternoon. On the primary route from Chalong to Rawai, non far from the beach, on the correct side is a house that I receive got likely driven past times 500 times... the Phuket Seashell Museum. I'd truly non given much idea to visiting before, because it's a "tourist attraction" as well as I'm non a tourist! I had a feeling it mightiness live on a consummate waste materials of effort, but on a gratis day, as well as the entry fee is alone 200 Baht... I idea "what the hell" as well as went to receive got a look.
You may meet on the sign .. it's a museum as well as shop. I did non await at the shop, but I am sure people tin flame detect something worth buying! I simply paid my 200 Baht as well as headed downstairs into the air conditioned cloak-and-dagger display room. It was non a busy afternoon, simply i minibus charge of tourists (from Singapore, I think) inwards there. So I started wandering around. There are arrows painted on the flooring to conduct y'all on a path or thus all the displays. Not sure anyone follows the arrows. I alone noticed them later virtually 10 minutes!
It's non a huge place. If y'all had minimal involvement inwards shells as well as the natural the world y'all mightiness wander or thus inwards 10 minutes. But hey, justice what? This is a museum, as well as I flora all the displays to live on good labeled amongst lots of information. You tin flame truly larn something here! The museum opened agency dorsum inwards 1997, showcasing the collection of Somnuek Patamakanthin as well as his boy Somwang . As a diver, I for sure receive got an involvement inwards the wonderful the world of nature. The multifariousness of shells on display hither is quite wonderful. Well done to these guys for getting this together. I tin flame simply imagine them starting out on the beach inwards Rawai picking upward shells, finding novel ones ... the museum is at i time looked later past times Somnuek's blood brother Somchai.
The collection has grown good beyond local Phuket shells. There are rare dark cowry shells from New Caledonia, shells from Europe as well as more. Fossils too, I justice that Khun Somchai has spent some serious coin to acquire some of these items here!
So at that spot nosotros acquire again! I retrieve I'll receive got the kids to the Phuket seashell museum sometime soon, they relish walking along the beach picking upward shells. My missy especially. She's e'er picking upward pretty shells.
I'd similar her to detect a 140 carat golden pearl! One of the "star" attractions at the Phuket seashell museum is a quite large, I suppose y'all could telephone telephone it golden, non orangey/yellow? Pearl. It is patently worth lots of coin similar tens of thousands of whatever. I did non meet whatsoever specific safety or thus it. But if y'all are the sort of mortal who appreciates pearls as well as jewels, as well as thus this large golden pearl mightiness live on something you'd gladly stare at for hours...
As far every bit I know, the Phuket seashell museum is opened upward every twenty-four hr menses from dawn til dusk or something. I mean, y'all can't take in at 6am or 9pm, but during the twenty-four hr menses it's opened upward as well as I retrieve I volition live on dorsum before long amongst the kids. Some of the "tourist attractions" inwards Phuket are worth a visit, fifty-fifty for cynics! I've been hither since 1999, as well as the Phuket seashell museum has been opened upward all that time... alone took 12 years to visit!
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Phuket Seashell Museum - Location Map
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You may meet on the sign .. it's a museum as well as shop. I did non await at the shop, but I am sure people tin flame detect something worth buying! I simply paid my 200 Baht as well as headed downstairs into the air conditioned cloak-and-dagger display room. It was non a busy afternoon, simply i minibus charge of tourists (from Singapore, I think) inwards there. So I started wandering around. There are arrows painted on the flooring to conduct y'all on a path or thus all the displays. Not sure anyone follows the arrows. I alone noticed them later virtually 10 minutes!
It's non a huge place. If y'all had minimal involvement inwards shells as well as the natural the world y'all mightiness wander or thus inwards 10 minutes. But hey, justice what? This is a museum, as well as I flora all the displays to live on good labeled amongst lots of information. You tin flame truly larn something here! The museum opened agency dorsum inwards 1997, showcasing the collection of Somnuek Patamakanthin as well as his boy Somwang . As a diver, I for sure receive got an involvement inwards the wonderful the world of nature. The multifariousness of shells on display hither is quite wonderful. Well done to these guys for getting this together. I tin flame simply imagine them starting out on the beach inwards Rawai picking upward shells, finding novel ones ... the museum is at i time looked later past times Somnuek's blood brother Somchai.
The collection has grown good beyond local Phuket shells. There are rare dark cowry shells from New Caledonia, shells from Europe as well as more. Fossils too, I justice that Khun Somchai has spent some serious coin to acquire some of these items here!
So at that spot nosotros acquire again! I retrieve I'll receive got the kids to the Phuket seashell museum sometime soon, they relish walking along the beach picking upward shells. My missy especially. She's e'er picking upward pretty shells.
I'd similar her to detect a 140 carat golden pearl! One of the "star" attractions at the Phuket seashell museum is a quite large, I suppose y'all could telephone telephone it golden, non orangey/yellow? Pearl. It is patently worth lots of coin similar tens of thousands of whatever. I did non meet whatsoever specific safety or thus it. But if y'all are the sort of mortal who appreciates pearls as well as jewels, as well as thus this large golden pearl mightiness live on something you'd gladly stare at for hours...
As far every bit I know, the Phuket seashell museum is opened upward every twenty-four hr menses from dawn til dusk or something. I mean, y'all can't take in at 6am or 9pm, but during the twenty-four hr menses it's opened upward as well as I retrieve I volition live on dorsum before long amongst the kids. Some of the "tourist attractions" inwards Phuket are worth a visit, fifty-fifty for cynics! I've been hither since 1999, as well as the Phuket seashell museum has been opened upward all that time... alone took 12 years to visit!
• Hotels inwards the Rawai Beach area
• Phuket hotel information
Phuket Seashell Museum - Location Map
View Phuket Seashell Museum inwards a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com