Jim Thompson House Museum | Founder of a Thai silk shop to be known around the world

Let's get to know the Jim Thompson Museum.

This is a museum that tells the story of Jim Thompson. He is the founder of Jim Thompson Thai Silk Shop and he is a leader in making Thai silk famous around the world. Inside the Jim Thompson House Museum, there are 6 old Thai houses surrounded by big trees that are nearly a hundred years old.

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There are also ferns, mosses, and ponds. It makes us feel so moist that it's almost unbelievable that green and shady is only a few hundred meters away from the main road full of hustle and bustle. A museum guide will take you through the museum and provide information in both Thai and English, French, and Japanese versions.

History of Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson's real name is well known to Thai people as James Harrison Wilson Thompson. Around 1945, toward the end of World War II, Jim Thompson switched from architecture to New York to become a World War II volunteer soldier, and he was assigned to a mission in Thailand.

When World War 2 ended Jim Thompson also resides in Thailand as Head of Strategic Station in Bangkok and is responsible for the restoration of the US Embassy.

In 1946, Jim Thompson was discharged from the army and lived in Thailand. During that time, he traveled to many places in the Northeast and was very interested in the domestic silk-farming and weaving industries that differed from machine-made silk.

Jim Thompson then became a businessman and brought samples of traditional silk to the United States. Eventually, he took Thai silk to sew and design silk clothes by Valentina, who is a famous clothing designer in New York and was featured in Vogue magazine. Finally, the Thai silk business became famous around the world.

How To Get There:

• Take the BTS Skytrain to National Stadium Station. Then you can walk from the station to the museum or you can wait for a golf cart to take tourists from the entrance of Soi Kasemsan 2 to the museum.

More Information :

• Opening hours: 11.00-18.00
• Fee: adults 200 baht, children under 22 years old 100 baht, children under 10 years free.
• Tel: 0-2216-7368
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