Discover Nonthaburi

When planning a trip to Nonthaburi, you can explore several different interests: the municipality is home to a composers’ museum, the Provincial Museum and a park; Mueang Nonthaburi District offers separate temple and ceramics themes. You might first consider whether you are more interested in music and urban history, park features or temple architecture.

Museums exploring music and urban history

The Ban Kru Montri Tramote Museum, also known as Ban Som Song Saeng, displays many of the composer’s original compositions and his desk. The collection thus highlights tangible records of his musical work. If you enjoy exploring cultural topics through personal work objects, this offers a different perspective from the Provincial Museum.

Nonthaburi Provincial Museum is housed in the former provincial administration building at Tha Nam Non Pier. The complex consists of seven two-storey brick-and-mortar buildings arranged in a rectangle around a courtyard. The museum explores the history and development of Nonthaburi from the past to the present. Its focus on urban history therefore differs from the original compositions and desk at the Ban Kru Montri Tramote Museum: one is devoted to the city’s development, the other to a composer’s work.

Park and express boat departure point

Makut Rommayasaran Park offers several clearly defined features. At its centre is a pond stocked with various fish species. The park also has an aerobics area, a walking path and two running loops. These details give you different points of reference for a visit to the park, without conflating the individual paths or loops: the walking path is distinct from the aerobics area and the two running loops.

Tha Nam Non Pier is also a specific point of reference for planning your trip: it is the starting point of the Nonthaburi–Wat Ratchasingkhon express boat route. If you would like to include this connection in your plans, check the schedule in advance. This keeps the boat route as a separate planning point alongside the museum visit and park activities.

Temples and ceramics in Mueang Nonthaburi District

In Mueang Nonthaburi District, Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat Worawihan is located in Tambon Bang Si Mueang, on the western bank of the Chao Phraya River. At Wat Khema Phirataram, the historic buildings ตำหนักแดง and พระที่นั่งมูลมนเทียร are part of the temple complex. These two places offer different geographical and architectural points of interest within the wider destination of Mueang Nonthaburi District.

Wat Chotikaram was built around 2350 in the Buddhist Era and was formerly called Wat Sam Chin. Its vihara is a three-room brick-and-mortar building. The murals inside extend from floor to ceiling and mostly depict episodes from the life of the Buddha. Details on the front doors and the materials used are also part of the architectural design: the doors are carved with depictions of Chinese guardian figures, while blue-and-white ceramics and Benjarong ceramics are used as decorative elements. The building’s form, murals, carvings and ceramics can thus be considered different aspects of the same temple complex.

Another building is the glass ubosot at Wat Sangkhathan. It has two storeys; the upper floor is used for ordinations, recitations and meditation. Nonthaburi Museum, by contrast, focuses on ceramics: it displays pieces from Ban Ko Kret and Ban Bang Tanawsri and explains their production in detail. This gives you a clear distinction when choosing what to explore: Wat Chotikaram is about architectural and artistic details, while Nonthaburi Museum focuses on the origins and production of ceramics.

For the broader travel overview: Mueang Nonthaburi District.