Songkhla National Museum

The Songkhla National Museum is housed behind a pleasant garden in a charming Chinese-Thai style building originally built in the 1870's as the family home of a wealthy merchant who later became governor of the province. Restored as a museum in the late 1970's it houses several intriguing collections including primitive prehistoric jewelery and archaeological finds from the 8th to the 10th centuries.

The collection also includes rare items from the Srivijaya period such as a 7th to 9th century shivalingam discovered in Pattani. There are also collections of Tang Dynasty ceramics, Chinese furniture, Ayutthaya period Buddha images, and some exhibits relating to the natural history of the area such as the skeleton of a whale. The museum is open daily, except Monday, Tuesday and national holidays, between 9.00 and 12.00 am, and 1.00 to 4.00 pm. The entrance fee is 20 baht.

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