Khon Kaen National Museum

Khon Kaen National Museum was officially opened by His Majesty KingBnumiphol Adulyadej on the 20th of December, 1972. Most of the exhibitions are concerned with history, art, and archaeology. Temporary exhibitions are set up on a rotational basis throughout the year.

Exhibitions on the geography, history, archaeology, culture, and ethnology of the museum are arranged as follows:




The Geography and Geology of Pre-historic Period

Settlements, utensils, burial rituals, major archaeological findings

Ancient cities and communities


Period of Recorded History

Dvaravati Culture

Stone boundary markers, religion and beliefs, costumes, script, architecture, votivetablets, archaeological objects taken from the Muang Fa Daet Song Yang excavation site, Kamalasai District Kalasin Province.

Khmer or Lopburi Culture

Ancient cities and communities, religion and beliefs, ceramics Thai-Lao culture

Religion and beliefs, utensils used in daily life

Evolution of art in Thailand Muang Khon Kaen

Traces of the past, history of the city, way of life, folk culture.