Kamthieng House Museum

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Kamthieng House Museum

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A 19th-century Lanna teak house moved from Chiang Mai to the Siam Society's garden on Sukhumvit, now a museum of northern Thai life.

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Kamthieng House Museum essentials

Country: Thailand
Driest months: Dec-Feb
Pay in: Baht (฿)
Language: Thai
Emergency: 191

The Kamthieng House Museum is a piece of northern Thailand in the middle of Sukhumvit. The teak house was built in the mid-1800s on the east bank of the Ping River in Chiang Mai, then taken apart, carried to Bangkok and rebuilt in the garden of the Siam Society, the learned society that runs it. King Bhumibol opened it as a museum in 1966.

It shows how a Lanna family lived. Farming tools, fishing traps, textiles and household objects explain northern beliefs, rituals and the yearly cycle of rice growing. The house has a personal story too: it passed down through the women of one Chiang Mai family for generations, and was given to the Siam Society in 1963 by a descendant who named it after her mother, Kamthieng, who had been born in it.

The house closed in 2024 for a major restoration of its timber and foundations. Check with the Siam Society that it has reopened before you go.

Exploring Kamthieng House Museum#

Two rectangular house units with covered verandas stand on 36 octagonal teak posts, linked by a raised walkway to the kitchen. In the northern manner, the walls lean outward toward the eaves of the steep V-shaped roof. An open veranda and two rice granaries, also brought from Chiang Mai, were added later to complete the compound.

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Weather & Climate near Kamthieng House Museum#

Climate

Kamthieng House Museum's climate is classified as Tropical Savanna - Tropical Savanna climate with consistently warm temperatures year-round. Temperatures range from 21°C to 35°C. Abundant rainfall (1413 mm/year), wettest in September with a pronounced dry season.

Air Quality: AQI 85 Moderate
Best Time to Visit
DecemberJanuaryFebruary
Temperature & Rainfall
Temperature Range
40°
Warmest Month
14°
Coldest Month
Monthly Conditions
Month Comfort Temp Feels Rain Sky Humidity Wind UV Daylight
January Excellent 22° - 32° 27° 9 mm mostly sunny 67% 1.9 m/s 1.8 very high 11.3h
February Excellent 23° - 33° 30° 16 mm mostly sunny 66% 1.8 m/s 2.0 extreme 11.6h
March Excellent 25° - 34° 33° 32 mm some cloud 69% 1.9 m/s 2.2 extreme 11.9h
April Very Good 26° - 35° 36° 66 mm partly cloudy 70% 2.0 m/s 2.4 extreme 12.3h
May Acceptable 26° - 34° 37° 188 mm overcast 76% 1.6 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.6h
June Acceptable 26° - 34° 36° 141 mm overcast 79% 1.8 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.8h
July Acceptable 25° - 33° 35° 157 mm overcast 80% 1.8 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.7h
August Acceptable 25° - 33° 35° 202 mm overcast 80% 1.9 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.4h
September Acceptable 25° - 33° 34° 313 mm overcast 83% 1.4 m/s 2.1 extreme 12.1h
October Acceptable 24° - 32° 33° 239 mm overcast 84% 1.4 m/s 1.9 very high 11.7h
November Very Good 23° - 32° 31° 44 mm partly cloudy 80% 1.7 m/s 1.8 very high 11.4h
December Ideal 21° - 32° 26° 6 mm some cloud 71% 2.0 m/s 1.8 very high 11.2h
Getting There & Around

How to Get to Kamthieng House Museum#

The Siam Society is on Soi Asok (Sukhumvit Soi 21), about five minutes’ walk from BTS Asok and MRT Sukhumvit stations.