Museum Phuket — Attraction in Ratsada

[NB: This review is for the Phuket Baba Museum, a.k.a. the Peranakannitat Museum, in Phuket Town, not the other Baba Museum in Phuket, which sounds lovely!]

Don't waste your time. This building is attractive from the outside, and the gold jewelry collection in the old vault, as well as the gorgeous furniture in the lobby area, is well worth a 10-minute stop; but don't wait around for the second floor to open. There's not actually a museum display upstairs; instead, it's a 30-minute "new media" presentation across 5 rooms: two that involve mostly (entirely?) CGI videos portraying a young Chinese boy immigrating to Phuket, plus a virtual tour (with chunky, clunky renderings) of what the building might have looked like back when it was a home; a video of a woman washing laundry and children playing with water projected against a backdrop of the kitchen area; a video portraying women's traditional clothing patterns projected against a mannequin; and videos of food cooking, projected in giant skillets and pots. It's...weird, to say the least, and there are much better things to be doing in the area--but at least this is free, so if you need some air conditioning, I suppose it's a decent way to kill 30 minutes. As of February 2018, the new media presentation happened at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, and on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.,...

Located on the corner of Phang Nga Road and Phuket Road, and located within the two landmark buildings on either side of the intersection. Entry is free and both buildings are air conditioned with toilets. The main displays are in the two-storey peranakan-style former bank building. It is open between 9am and 4:30pm (except Monday).

It provides a nice introduction on the history of Phuket, the influence of Chinese migrants, the tin mining and culture. Some of the displays are a bit worn and tired - could do with a refresh.

The clocktower building is a sparse gallery where they have digital art installation in one corner. Disappointed that access to the clock face and mechanisms...

A small museum about history of Phuket town. Because it is very small, it takes only around 10 mins to see everything here. To be honest, the exhibition here is not that interesting.

However, the most interesting part is the history of the building. Here is used to be the police station but now is preserved as a historical building along with the building across the street which is the first Bank in Phuket (The Chartered Bank). When you see from outside, you could see the unique roofing style and the clock tower which is very iconic scenery of Phuket town.

Moreover, it is also a few remaining of...