Surin National Museum
Museum located in the Isan region, which exhibits mainly archaeological objects in addition to ethnographic elements of the different communities that inhabit the province of Surin and its surroundings
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| Type: | Cultural Museum |
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| Establishment: | 1974 |
History
The Surin Museum was originally created at the initiative of the Provincial Governor Suthee Obom in 1974, who encouraged people including government officials and Surin merchants to donate antiquities, which were originally exhibited at the City Hall. Subsequently, the museum was transferred to the Surin Provincial Education Office Building, after receiving antiquities from archaeological investigations, in addition to antiquities from local inhabitants. In 1996, the Department of Fine Arts began the construction of a specialized building to house the National Museum. Around the beginning of 2018, the museum exhibited ceramic works made by students from the school of Ban Chang Pi, a village located in Sikhoraphum District. In 2021, several archaeologists from Thailand's Department of Fine Arts discovered jars estimated to be more than 1,000 years old in Mueang Surin district, which were transported to the province's National Museum.Collections
The museum includes exhibits from different ethnic groups that inhabit the province of Surin, including ethnographic and cultural elements of Khmer, Laotian and Kuy origin. In 2022, the museum organized an exhibition about the history of the Surin province's native elephants, in collaboration with several members and scientists from the Department of Fine Arts and the Local Elephant Research Center, this exhibition also incorporated information about Surin's old provincial flags, some of which implemented elephant illustrations to represent the local fauna.References
พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ สุรินทร์ - CBT Thailand (in Thai)
Ratthameth, P. T. (2018). กันโตงดาร: สัญลักษณ์แห่งจิตวิญญาณของบรรพชนชาวพุทธเขมรสุรินทร์. Academic MCU Buriram Journal, 3(1), Article 1. (in Thai)
เตรียมนำไหโบราณไปเก็บพิพิธภัณฑ์สถานแห่งชาติสุรินทร์. [Preparing to bring the ancient jars to keep the Surin National Museum] (2021-06-24). เนชั่นทีวี. (Nation TV) (in Thai)
Bewer, T., Brash, C., Bush, A., Harper, D., Isalska, A., Symington, A., & Eimer, D. (2018). Thailandia. Lonely Planet (in Italian)
พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ สุรินทร์ มุ่งสร้างการรับรู้ด้านประวัติศาสตร์แก่ประชาชน [Surin National Museum aims to create historical awareness for the public] (2022) - National News Bureau of Thailand (in Thai)
