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The Museum of Floral Culture
The museum of floral culture is the floral museum created for lovers of flowers, nature and those with an interest in Thai art and culture. This museum was dedicated to the history and techniques of floral arrangements in weddings or religious ceremonies, official occasions and royal events (Thuan, 2018). It focuses on Thai floral culture and shows with some floral culture in Asia such as India, China, Japan, Laos and Bali/Indonesia. The museum of floral culture established by Thai floral artist Sakul Intakul, is located on Dusit District. Sakul Intakul wants to publish his knowledge about the ancient floral combined with Thai culture to new generations to know about Thai floral culture (Intakul, 2012).

History
The museum of floral culture is located in the quiet residential area of Dusit. Built in the reign of King Rama VI in 1920, it is housed in a beautifully preserved, 100-year-old teak mansion with colonial architecture, covering a total ground area of 1,800 square meters that has been transformed into an impeccably-landscaped Thai-meets-Zen-style garden. This floral museum was opened on 12 August 2012 on the occasion of HM the Queen’s 80th birthday and National Mothers’ Day (Lim, 2018).

Dusit Gallery
The Dusit Gallery contains old photographs from the National Archives that evoke the exuberance and intricate refinement of Siamese floral culture as far back as King Rama V's time.

World of Floral Culture
The World of Floral Culture fills another room with items selected to reflect the unique floral identities of India, China, Japan, Laos, Tibet and Indonesia (specifically Bali).Given pride of place is a 1756 scroll that Sakul stumbled upon in a Tokyo bookstore.

It explains the classical shoka flower arranging, in which practitioners of ikebono* - the oldest school of ikebana* - used a three-branch asymmetrical style.

* Ikenobo is the oldest school in ikebana, Japanese flower arrangement as a Buddhist floral offering. It was founded in Kyoto by Ikenobo Senno in 1542 (Lim, 2018).

Temple of Nature/Temple of People
The exhibits in the Temples of Flowers focus on the interrelationship of forests, waterways, communities, peoples, cultures, and flower cultures. Lessons are drawn from a conflict that embroiled residents of Saeng Pha, a village in northern Loei province's Na Haew district.

The People are dedicated to the villagers of Ban Saeng Pha in their efforts to preserve nature and in the process preserve their traditional way of life.

The ceiling of this room shows pictures of the people of Ban Saeng Pha displayed on the opposite wall. The people here celebrate Songkran differently with a ceremony called ""ton dork mai." They carry to the temple wooden structures 8 – 9 m high decorated with flowers.

At the end of the room is a reproduction of the shrine at Wat Sri Pho Chai the community temple in Loei. Craftsmen from the community were commissioned to produce the shrine for the Museum of Floral Culture (Lim, 2018).

Heritage of Thai Floral Culture
Revealing the secret which is the heart and soul of Thai flower culture, the Heritage of Thai Flower Culture tells the story of how Thai flower culture has evolved amidst the tropical climate setting of Thailand where flowers, petals, leaves or other parts of the plant grow.

Materials are sewn, pinned, weaved, tied, and folded to fabricate different forms of Thai floral art.

The other side of the room shows the emphasis on the banana leaf works. The Heritage of Thai Flower Culture 2 exhibits fine examples of traditional Thai foliage art. The banana leaf is twisted, folded, rolled, sewn, and pinned to create baisri offerings to divinities, krathong floral floats or leaf containers.

Pen, Pencil & Possibilities
An upstairs room of the Museum of Floral Culture exhibits original sketches of various works created by Sakul Intakul. The highlight of Pen, Pencil, and Possibility are the historical floral work that graced the state banquet in the Grand Palace in 2006 which marked His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th anniversary on the throne.

Pride of place among the exhibits is a photo taken in June 2006 of the main table in the royal banquet hosted by HM the King with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei seated to the right. The floral design on that table cloth was done by Sakul Intakul and the floral displays for that banquet

Dok Mai Thai Salon du The the tea salon
The terrace of this museum has a small café, Dok Mai Thai Salon du The – the tea salon to savor a variety of Asian teas and Asian desserts (Lim, 2018).

Garden
The Garden of the Museum of Floral Culture is also part of the exhibit, a living exhibit indeed. Beautifully landscaped with an exquisite Thai pavilion as the focal point, the Garden of The Museum of Floral Culture boasts a complete collection of living plants and flowers used in Thai floral culture.

The Garden of The Museum also has on its ground trees, and plants that grow in the auspicious directions according to the old Thai belief.

General Information
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00am to 6.00pm.

Admission is 150 Baht for adults and 75 Baht for children, inclusive of a guided tour.

English and Thai Guided Tour

All tours at the Museum of Floral Culture are guided tours conducted either in English or Thai during normal opening hours. The tour lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Japanese Guided Tour

Starting from Wednesday October 24, 2012, the Japanese language guided tour at The Museum of Floral Culture is graciously conducted by Japanese volunteer Ms. Maki Fujii.

- The first tour starts from 10.00am to 11.15am.

- The second tour starts from 1.00 pm to 2.15 pm.

CONTACT
The Museum of Floral Culture

315 Samsen Rd. Soi 28, Yaek Ongkarak 13, Dusit, Bangkok

Tel. 02 669 3633-4 Fax. 02 669 3632

Email: sakulintakul@yahoo.com