The Bangkok Seashell Museum is located on Silom Road next to SoiSilom 23, opposite the Lerdsin Hospital. It is convenient to travel to this museum because the buses no 1, 15 and 77 pass it or you can take a BTS to Surasak Station or Taksin Bridge Station or you can take the Chao Phraya Express Boat to Taksin Bridge Pier and walk to SoiSilom 23.
The museum is one of few museums in the world that display beautiful and rare sea shells. It was founded on January 10, 2009 by KhunChomPattamakhanthin, two-time winner on sea shells of the "FaenPhanThae"(real fan) TV programme, who was fascinated by the magic of sea shells. He recognizes the importance of studying sea shells in various aspects for the benefits of Thai youths and interested groups. It can be a new colorful tourist site of Bangkok, where people will be excited about a wide variety of sea shells. That is why the museum was established. It exhibits sea shells from every corner of the world that were collected and studied from generation to generation for decades.
It is a three-storey building, collecting more than 600 kinds of sea shells categorized into each floor so that the visitors can fully experience the beauty and diversity of sea shells.
Floor 1: how to make sea shells “How were sea shells created?” Large different species of sea shells, including bivalves or giant clams are displayed.
Floor 2: The visitors will be dazzled by the colorful and charming sea shells that are called “Jewel of the Sea”. Conches, colorful tusk shells and bivalves from all over the world are displayed.
Floor 3: Study of the predation behavior and survival of shells, snails and rare trees, including the display of rare and splendid sea shells such as cowrie shells and cone shells that can kill humans by its poisonous needle.
It is daily open for the general public and tourists from 10 am to 6.30 pm with no exception at weekends or on public holidays. For the general public and tourists, the entrance fee is 100 baht for Thai and 200 baht for foreigners, and 50 baht for children and students.
It is created from the intention of a sea shell collector and two-time winner on sea shells of the "FaenPhanThae"(real fan) TV programme, Mr.SomwangPatthamakhanthin and Ms. OraphinSirirat who has loved sea shells since her childhood. It is a three-storey building, exhibiting different kinds of sea shells such as, giant sea shells and sea shells of bivalve molluscs in beautiful colours from every corner of the world, rarely found sea shells of Hoi Bia (marine shells in the family of Cypraeidea) and cones that can kill a human by only attacking with its poisonous dart, as well as shells of land snails and freshwater mollusces. In addition, there is a display of unusual sea urchins and an exhibition of artwork about sea shells. For more information, please contact at 0 2234 0291 or 08 9681 3814. For a group, please contact the museum at least one or two weeks in advance.
Resource : www.tourismthailand.org
