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.

The temple is located at Ban Wang Khun. The mural and sculptural works of this temple is worth a visit. Crouching guardian lion replicas are on both sides of the stairway leading up to the Ubosot, ordination hall, with sculptures of men stretching their legs in front in front.


Luangpho Phui, preceptor of the temple, created all of these sculptures. Murals on four walls of this concrete ordination hall, both exterior and interior, features the peoples' lifestyle, history of the Lord Buddha, heaven and hell and folklore.



The pictures are separated by the so-called Sinthao line, a flash-shape pattern which is widely found in murals from the Ayutthaya and Rattanakosin periods, not in the Isan region. By the unique brushwork, the murals mirror freedom of the artist in expressing emotion into the pictures, trees and animals, like Western impressionists. The favorite colors include yellow, indigo, red ochre, green, blue and black.

Road system

Road connect to Bangkok and central region by national highway No.2
Road connect to Northern region by national highway No.12
Road connect to Vientiane (Laos) via Udonthani and Nong Khai by national highway No.2



Public bus at Khonkaen city

2 Public bus station (locals bus and inter-province bus).



Hourly public bus to Bangkok.

Daily public bus to Major city in northern, central,eastern region.


Railway

Railway system to Bangkok available at Khonkaen railway station.

Air transportation

Air transportation to Bangkok available at Khonkaen airport Khon Kaen Airport(KKC).

         Having grown wild over a century ago in Wat Pa Mancha Khiri, over 4,000 Chang Kra orchid-Rhyncostylis gigantean (Lindl.) are in full bloom on the branches of some 280 trees every year during January and February. These wild orchids always fill the whole area with their mild fragrance.


How to get there:

         the temple is only a kilometre from downtown Amphoe Mancha Khiri, 57 kilometres from downtown Khon Kaen. From Bangkok, motorists can drive via Highway 2 (Mitraphap Road) then turn left to Amphoe Chonnabot, via Highway 229 (Chonnabot-Mancha Khiri).


         The entrance to the temple is on the left before reaching Amphoe Mancha Khiri or some 35 kilometres from Mitraphap Road. From Khon Kaen, motorists can go via Highway 2731 and 2062 through Amphoe Phra Yuen.