The Erawan Museum

  • The Erawan Museum

The Erawan Museum

The Erawan Museum & Park

Round walk-in building with an impressive, huge, 250 tonne heavy box three-headed elephant,
the Erawan, with a total height of 43.6 meters.

How to get there.

How to get to the Erawan Museum

The Erawan Museum is very easy to reach. From the (current) BTS terminus Samrong it is only 2km away. Under normal conditions, this is almost an easy walk, but nobody wants to arrive sweaty at 30 degrees or more. The rest of the way can drive by taxi or tuk tuk. Anyone who has become a fan of bus rides can take the lines 102, 507, 511 and 536 to the museum.

Museum or Park?

From the outside, of course, the 43-meter-high statue stands out, but the Erawan Museum is more than just a single building. The complex consists of a small park with plants and trees. In addition, there is a nice covered place where you can eat and drink, and of course buy his souvenirs and gifts.

Tickets

Again, there are staggered prices, locals pay half, or tourists double, depending on how you look at it. 400 Baht is the entry fee for a tourist, that's about 10€ / 12$, not so cheap, but ok. If you want to save 50%, you will get by at 5:00pm, then the entrance fee is only 200 Baht.

Time

The area is not very large, but you can take your time to look at the main building, to eat something delicious and to make yourself comfortable on the benches during the tour of the complex.

Map to the Erawan Museum

Link to the website and the dynamic map at OpenStreetMap: Erawan Museum
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Erawan Museum and Park.

  • Opening hours daily 9:00am to 7:00pm

Erawan Museum.

Of course, the huge three-headed elephant attracts one's attention. A few figures on the elephant statue: the total weight is 250 tons, with the elephant's body weighing 150 tons, the elephant's head still weighing a staggering 100 tons. The statue itself is 29 meters high, 12 meters wide and 39 meters long. At the sight very impressive!

Wow-Effect.

You do not have to say much about this sight: impressively beautiful!

Fall in Love with Details.

When you enter the interior of the building, you notice the many details.

Time to Pray.

If you go all the way up, you will come to a room with more statues and where many will take time to pray. Please take care, some of the statues are not allowed to photograph, please respect this!

Many Elephants.

On the park are many elephants on the tour, where you can just go through it. The trick: a motion sensor detects the passers-by and triggers an elephant trumpet, nice gag :-)

Time for a snack.

In Bangkok, it is always hot and a trip quickly exhausting. On the temple complex, you can make yourself comfortable, eat an ice cream, drink something cold and also eat well.

Many things to see.

On the tour you can see many beautiful sculptures, they symbolize among others dog, dragon and bird such as: Naga, Hussadee Bird, Kinnari, or the Elephant Fish. They are all beautiful to look at.

The Erawan Museum.

A beautiful place to experience culture first hand, beautiful and relaxing at the same time.