Thai history in flashy clothes @ Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall
I got a chance to go on the trip for new KMUTT’s international students yesterday (which school paid for it.) So we went to the Emerald Buddha Temple/Grand Palace in the morning to see this beautiful, glorified architectures.
But as a Thai who’s been to this place a few times, I got nothing to be excited about (don’t get me wrong, it’s still awesome). So the highlight for me was the new exhibition hall where we went to see in the afternoon.
The “Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall” is close by the Democracy Monument. It’s packed 
with Thai history from Rattanakosin period in multimedia fashion and topped with some cool interactive presentations.
The hall is HUGE! It has 7 exhibition rooms that focus on different aspects of Bangkok and its cultures, people, society, traditions, etc. There seemed to be very few Thais visiting the museum though, but I wasn’t that surprise – I didn’t even know this place existed either 
I don’t remember exactly what was there, but something really stood out: 4D-multimedia room/elevator was one thing (you get in to watch the video while it transports you to another level), and the puppets booth where you can control the puppets – something I think is pretty smart to have interactive feature in such a huge exhibit. The library was pretty nice too. But I don’t really understand why we can’t take pictures in it.
The exhibition covers almost every aspects about the Rattanakosin Period. Except for the modern political conflicts which seemed intentionally left out. For me, this place is a very good example how Thai people always choose to not accept the problems rooted in the society. I mean I understand how the Thai government wants tourists to get the good picture of Bangkok and Thailand, but political conflicts were parts of Bangkok and Thailand history. Taking out a few pages of history book is not going to change the past, plus, if you were a tourist, wouldn’t you wanna learn the whole story?
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