Erawan-Museum

The Erawan Museum ( Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์ ช้าง เอราวัณ ) is a museum in Samut Prakan province in central Thailand. The Samut Prakan province is located directly south of Bangkok.

Location

The Erawan Museum is located along Sukhumvit Road ( Sukhumvit Road ) in Samut Prakan province, south of Khlong Samrong ( Samrong Canal) in a loop of the Chao Phraya River.

Architectural History

Originally created a huge museum in the province of Chachoengsao, which did not materialize due to local disagreements. After lengthy preparations, a site in the catchment area of Bangkok has been selected in the province of Samut Prakan. On 13 July 1994 the foundation stone was laid, followed by a ten -year construction activity took place.

As an architectural feature, the museum displays a round base - building, which carries a walk- mythical three-headed elephant Erawan. The total height of the building, including elephants is 43.6 meters, the width of the elephant alone is 12 meters, its length at 39 meters. It has a weight of 150 tons.

The Erawan Museum is regarded as a unique museum on account of its particular architecture.

Use

The entire structure and the adjacent park serves as a museum for Thai antiques. The main building is divided into three levels:

• The ground floor ( Badan ) shows an antiques exhibition of Chinese ceramics and an overview of the structure
• The middle floor is the stairs area with stucco and painted with a glass roof of the German artist Jacob Schwarzkopf
• The upper floor, the Buddhist antiques, here you can see a representation of the universe on the ceiling, also designed by Schwarzkopf