50 Museums to Blow Your Mind by Lonely Planet

50 Museums to Blow Your Mind by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760341824
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Published: 2016-07-23T16:00:00+00:00


DANITA DELIMONT © ALAMY

Erawan Museum / Thailand

99/9 MOO 1, BANG MUANG MAI,

SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND

WWW.ERAWAN-MUSEUM.COM

FROM THE OUTSIDE THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE A GIANT ELEPHANT.

It is. The museum is housed inside the five-storey, 250-tonne sculpture of a three-headed elephant. An enormous homage to Erawan, the revered Hindu elephant god. Cool, hey?

I’VE OFTEN WONDERED WHAT I’D FIND INSIDE AN ELEPHANT.

Thai sculptures of mythical dragons and fairies pepper the interior, there are ancient ceramics and gold statues towering over the ground floor, and all the exhibits are beautifully cast in the coloured light of the stunning stained-glass ceiling.



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