House of Opium, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand

4.0 (1.021 reviews) Monday: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Ranking #1 in Chiang Saen Speciality Museums • History Museums

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Located in the heart of the infamous Golden Triangle, this museum is dedicated to educating visitors about the history of the opium trade and the dangers of addiction.
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Address

Wiang, Chiang Saen 57150 Thailand

Mobile

+66 53 784 060

Website

https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/House-of-Opium--7674

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday : 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday : 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday : 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday : 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday : 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday : 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Monday, May 13, 2024, 17:40

User Ratings

4.0 based on (1.021 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 4melkeet 5:00 PM Dec 28, 2020
    Opium Museum
    We reached this museum while on a taxi tour to the golden triangle and the old temples in Chiang Saen. Entry was by a ticket for 50 Baht. The museum exhibits the history of opium, the process of production and the equipment used, the trading of this drug, positions for smoking, opium poppies,latex mass, dry opium pods, weight scale for opium trades, opium smoking pipes, its effect on the addict. It’s educational and worthwhile.
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  • 4Graham L 5:00 PM Dec 2, 2021
    Context to Golden Triangle's history
    Had wandered into the grounds of the museum much taken by the immaculate gardens and when one of the locals showed me a shortcut, flirting with a free-flowing water feature, to the museum entrance, well, it would have been rude not to go in. Thought I was going to be escorted by a guide throughout, but I think she was there to see me safely through an impressive audio visual tunnel into the start of the exhibit. Plenty of paraphernalia from the opium trade and explaining both its origins and how it came to become such a part of Golden Triangle folklore. Very decent mix between education and entertainment and a powerfully thought-provoking ending to the strains of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World, rather than, what you might have expected, a stark anti-illicit drugs warning.

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