Thavorn Phuket Museum — Attraction in Ratsada

I really enjoyed this museum, it gives you lots of history and insight into what brought tourism to Phuket in the first place starting in the early 60's with the building of the first Hotel on the whole island. It has lots of English translations and although not thoroughly or always posted with relatible context as to what started or caused things, still really interesting! Loved the personal stories behind the founder of the hotel, his story, what he contributed to Phuket, and how it turned from a tin and rubber mining town to a modern touristic island! Small draw backs are that it's not very well lit and you have to use your imagination a little to put the things on display into context as to how it really was back in the day. I also loved that it wasn't very busy and that you could touch a lot of things! Really enjoyed it and it's only 50...

I like history. So, I specifically went to this museum and was ready to pay the 50 Baht.

However, right when entering the lobby and looking around at the entrance, the staff demanded 50 Baht. When I asked if I could just look around the reception first, she said this area is also 50 Baht. It's like you are not allowed to spend 1 minute to look around the reception area before you pay.

I understand that they are trying to make money, but please make the customers feel welcome and give them 1 minute to walk around the reception area and see what this museum is about before paying. Right now, you feel like being pushed to sth. you will regret.

So, in the end I left still not knowing what this museum...

The museum houses an extensive private collection of artifacts that showcases the way of life of people in Phuket from the old days. It was very cool to see all the different types of equipments and tools that people back then used in their daily lives and see how far we’ve come. The most impressive part was probably all the artifacts related to the mining industry in Phuket — super interesting to see. Worth a visit, so happy we did, it was such a cool experience and...