Phimai

At its 12th century peak, the Angkor Empire encompassed much of what is today central and northeastern Thailand

Thailand Museums Our Thailand museums post doesn’t pretend to be a ‘best of’ list – there are simply too many and obviously we haven’t visited every one – nor is it necessarily our 10 favourites (along the lines of our recent Cambodia museums and Vietnam museums posts). We’ll include a few of the most famous – mainly Bangkok and Chiang…

Phimai National Museum The Phimai National Museum in Nakhon Ratchasima Province (commonly known to locals as Khorat), was actually officially closed for renovation during our recent visit, although, fortunately, sympathetic staff allowed us to wander the museum grounds nonetheless. Many of the larger artefacts are on permanent display in outside areas anyway and a lot of exhibits had been temporarily…