Sangkhalok Museum

Museum

On the eastern edge of New Sukhothai, the private Sangkhalok Museum displays thousands of glazed ceramics from the Sukhothai kingdom's famous kilns, alongside wares traded from China, Vietnam and Myanmar.

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Sangkhalok Museum essentials

Country: Thailand
Driest months: Dec-Feb
Pay in: Baht (฿)
Language: Thai
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Around 700 years ago, glazed stoneware from the kilns of Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai was the kingdom’s most celebrated export. Traders carried it across Southeast Asia, and Chinese buyers prized it so highly that they named it Sangkhalok, after the town now called Sawankhalok. This small private museum on the edge of New Sukhothai, built around a collection gathered by local collectors over many years, is devoted to that ware.

The rooms are packed with thousands of pieces, many in fine condition: cooking pots and bowls, storage jars, water pipes, toys and figurines, often with finely incised or painted decoration. The ground floor sets local Sukhothai pottery beside wares traded in from China, Vietnam and Myanmar (Burma), which makes the differences in style easy to see. Upstairs, a section treats ceramics as art, much of it with religious motifs, including ceramic Buddha images.

It pairs well with the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum by the historical park, and with the excavated kilns at the Sangkhalok kilns study centre near Si Satchanalai, where many of these pieces were fired.

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Weather & Climate near Sangkhalok Museum#

Climate

Sangkhalok Museum's climate is classified as Tropical Savanna - Tropical Savanna climate with very hot summers (peaking in April) and warm winters (coldest in December). Temperatures range from 17°C to 37°C. Abundant rainfall (1145 mm/year), wettest in September with a pronounced dry season.

Air Quality: AQI 95 Moderate
Best Time to Visit
FebruaryJanuaryDecember
Temperature & Rainfall
Temperature Range
45°
Warmest Month
7°
Coldest Month
Monthly Conditions
Month Comfort Temp Feels Rain Sky Humidity Wind UV Daylight
January Ideal 17° - 31° 24° 3 mm mostly sunny 55% 0.7 m/s 1.6 very high 11.1h
February Ideal 19° - 34° 26° 11 mm mostly sunny 46% 0.8 m/s 1.9 very high 11.5h
March Excellent 23° - 36° 29° 21 mm mostly sunny 44% 1.4 m/s 2.0 very high 11.9h
April Very Good 25° - 37° 33° 52 mm some cloud 50% 1.1 m/s 2.3 extreme 12.4h
May Acceptable 25° - 35° 35° 188 mm overcast 68% 0.9 m/s 2.4 extreme 12.8h
June Acceptable 25° - 33° 35° 142 mm overcast 78% 1.0 m/s 2.2 extreme 13.0h
July Acceptable 25° - 33° 34° 123 mm overcast 80% 0.9 m/s 2.2 extreme 12.9h
August Acceptable 24° - 32° 33° 179 mm overcast 84% 0.9 m/s 2.1 extreme 12.6h
September Acceptable 24° - 32° 33° 222 mm overcast 85% 0.8 m/s 2.1 extreme 12.1h
October Good 24° - 32° 32° 160 mm partly cloudy 82% 0.7 m/s 2.0 very high 11.6h
November Excellent 21° - 31° 26° 37 mm some cloud 75% 0.7 m/s 1.8 very high 11.2h
December Ideal 18° - 30° 24° 7 mm mostly sunny 65% 0.8 m/s 1.6 very high 11.0h
Getting There & Around

How to Get to Sangkhalok Museum#

The museum stands about 2 kilometres east of the centre of New Sukhothai, near the junction of Highways 12 and 101 on the road towards Phitsanulok. It is a short tuk-tuk, songthaew or motorbike-taxi ride from the town market, or an easy bicycle ride.