Travel Pro Places of Interest #295: Chiang Mai National Museum, Thailand! Part Fourteen (9 photos)

Besides Buddhist paintings, relics, sculptures, and artifacts which I did find very beautiful and interesting; there was a section of the museum devoted to the history before Buddha. The Pre-Historic man area had human fossils, stone tools, and some pretty cool wax figures of some Thai cave men, before they knew they were Thai!

Another part of the museum I found interesting was of the royalty, their dress, and lives back in the 1800s. There was also a very cool 3-D holographic exhibit explaining the history of Chiang Mai's struggle for independence from the Burmese Empire! I had no idea the Burmese were running the show back in those days, and that the "Lanna" people (or Thai's at that time) had to fight for their independence.

I would say the overall take-away from my visit to this museum is that the history of Chiang Mai is centered around Buddhism. After spending several months in Chiang Mai, I would also say Buddhism is their present and their future as well! Now come along and lets have a closer look at the National Museum of History in Chiang Mai Thailand!