{"id":827,"date":"2013-10-26T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T18:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/?post_type=it_places&#038;p=827"},"modified":"2017-12-02T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T06:53:25","slug":"vimanmek-mansion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/places\/royal-buildings\/vimanmek-mansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Vimanmek Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was renovated and extensively restored by the order of\u00a0H.M. Queen Sirikit\u00a0to house\u00a0priceless treasures\u00a0and a collection of late 19th and early 20th century\u00a0royal memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-831 aligncenter\" alt=\"Vimanmek Mansion - The Largest Golden Teakwood Building In The World\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-01.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-01.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-01-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-01-180x225.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-01-360x450.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Situated on the east wing of Vimanmek Mansion is\u00a0Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall, a one-storey teak building built in the reign of King Rama V. The Hall is now\u00a0Thailand&#8217;s first handicraft museum\u00a0where\u00a0Her Majesty the Queen\u00a0collects handicraft masterpieces, created by members of her SUPPORT Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-830 aligncenter\" alt=\"Vimanmek Mansion - The Largest Golden Teakwood Building In The World\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02-180x144.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02-360x288.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the museum, visitors will find handicrafts such as Nielloware,\u00a0Thai silk\u00a0with various unique designs, Liphao basketry made from finely split jungle vines like\u00a0beautiful trays\u00a0and\u00a0handbags studded with jewels\u00a0in different designs such as the green metallic wings of an indigenous beetle. Near the entrance to Vimanmek Mansion is the\u00a0Royal Carriage Museum\u00a0with splendid examples of ancient horse-drawn carriages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-829 aligncenter\" alt=\"Vimanmek Mansion - The Largest Golden Teakwood Building In The World\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-03-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-03-180x144.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-03-360x288.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vimanmek Mansion is\u00a0open daily\u00a0from 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Tickets are available until 3.00 p.m. There are\u00a0Thai classical dance performances at 10.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.\u00a0Admission\u00a0is 100 baht. For visitors with a ticket to the Grand Palace, admission is free. Golf car rental is 400 baht per hour.\u00a0Polite and modest\u00a0attire is required. Tel. 0 2280 5928<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-828 aligncenter\" alt=\"Vimanmek Mansion - The Largest Golden Teakwood Building In The World\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-04.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-04.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-04-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-04-180x144.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-04-360x288.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was renovated and extensively restored by the order of\u00a0H.M. Queen Sirikit\u00a0to house\u00a0priceless treasures\u00a0and a collection of late 19th and early 20th century\u00a0royal memorabilia. Situated on the east wing of Vimanmek Mansion is\u00a0Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall, a one-storey teak building built in the reign of King Rama V. The Hall is now\u00a0Thailand&#8217;s first handicraft museum\u00a0where\u00a0Her&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":830,"parent":1715,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-827","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vimanmek Mansion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/places\/royal-buildings\/vimanmek-mansion\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vimanmek Mansion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-26T18:27:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-02T06:53:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/vimanmek-mansion-the-largest-golden-teakwood-building-in-the-world-02.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/vimanmek-mansion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Places\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Royal Buildings\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/royal-buildings\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Vimanmek Mansion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bangkok Home\",\"description\":\"Bangkok - Shopping, Eating Out, Transport &amp; 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