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'''Rare Stone Museum''' (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์หินแปลก) is a [[museum]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] that contains or contained a collection of rare stones, fossils and ashtrays. The museum may now be closed (last checked 11 January, 2009) either permanently or for refurbishment. |
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'''Rare Stone Museum''' ({{langx|th|พิพิธภัณฑ์หินแปลก}}) is a [[museum]] at 29/2 Moo 1 Rangsit, Pathum Thani Road in [[Pathum Thani Province]], north of Bangkok.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9VYAwAAQBAJ&dq=Rare+Stone+Museum+bangkok&pg=PA169|title=Thailand|publisher=Gudrun Raether-Klünker|page=169|year=2013|isbn=9783770167265 |language=German}}</ref> It was previously at 1048–1054 Thanon Charoen Krun in [[Bang Rak District]] in Bangkok before it moved in 2008. The museum is privately owned by former businessman Khun Yanyong Lertnimit,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/sightseeing/17638/rare-stone-museum|title=Rare Stone Museum|publisher=Bangkok Post|accessdate=23 March 2021}}</ref> a tailor of garments, and includes an extensive collection of items he has collected over the decades.<ref name="BT">{{cite web|url=https://www.bangkoktravel.org.uk/museums/rare-stone-museum/|title=Rare Stone Museum|publisher=Bangkoktravel.org|accessdate=23 March 2021}}</ref> The name of the museum "rare" refers to the shape of the stones rather than the type.<ref>''Bangkok Guide'' (2005)</ref> |
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==Collection== |
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[[File:Keichousaurus hui fossil.JPG|thumb|''[[Keichousaurus]]'']] |
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The museum has a collection of rare or unusual stones and fossils of varying colours and shapes.<ref name="TM">{{cite web |title=พิพิธภัณฑ์หินแปลก |url=https://www.museumthailand.com/th/museum/Rare-Stone-Museum |publisher=Thailand Museum |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115233555/https://www.museumthailand.com/th/museum/Rare-Stone-Museum |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are approximately 2000 stones in the Rare Stone Museum, selected from Lertnimit's more extensive personal collection.<ref name="BT"/> Of particular note are stones which "look like two penguins loving each other", a "deep-sea stone from Taiwanese waters attached to which are filaments of dry white seaweed", and "a stone that looks like it is implanted with rice grains". There is also the skull of a crocodile, a turtle, fish, shells, and fossils from the [[Keichousaurus]], an aquatic reptile which lived in China 248 million years ago.<ref name="TM"/> |
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There are numerous stamps, photos, ashtrays, cigarette boxes, matches and paintings on display.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/rare-stone-museum|title=Rare Stone Museum|publisher=Tourismthailand.org|accessdate=23 March 2021}}</ref> There are also selections of Chinese poetry and literature, that Lertnimit has collected over the years.<ref name="TM"/> |
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==References== |
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*http://bangkok-library.com/blog/has-rare-stones-museum-permanently-closed |
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[[Category:Natural history museums in Thailand]] |
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Latest revision as of 10:33, 24 October 2024
Rare Stone Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์หินแปลก) is a museum at 29/2 Moo 1 Rangsit, Pathum Thani Road in Pathum Thani Province, north of Bangkok.[1] It was previously at 1048–1054 Thanon Charoen Krun in Bang Rak District in Bangkok before it moved in 2008. The museum is privately owned by former businessman Khun Yanyong Lertnimit,[2] a tailor of garments, and includes an extensive collection of items he has collected over the decades.[3] The name of the museum "rare" refers to the shape of the stones rather than the type.[4]
Collection
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The museum has a collection of rare or unusual stones and fossils of varying colours and shapes.[5] There are approximately 2000 stones in the Rare Stone Museum, selected from Lertnimit's more extensive personal collection.[3] Of particular note are stones which "look like two penguins loving each other", a "deep-sea stone from Taiwanese waters attached to which are filaments of dry white seaweed", and "a stone that looks like it is implanted with rice grains". There is also the skull of a crocodile, a turtle, fish, shells, and fossils from the Keichousaurus, an aquatic reptile which lived in China 248 million years ago.[5]
There are numerous stamps, photos, ashtrays, cigarette boxes, matches and paintings on display.[6] There are also selections of Chinese poetry and literature, that Lertnimit has collected over the years.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Thailand (in German). Gudrun Raether-Klünker. 2013. p. 169. ISBN 9783770167265.
- ^ "Rare Stone Museum". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Rare Stone Museum". Bangkoktravel.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Bangkok Guide (2005)
- ^ a b c "พิพิธภัณฑ์หินแปลก". Thailand Museum. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Rare Stone Museum". Tourismthailand.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
