Nonthaburi: Museums, Park and Express Boat

Nonthaburi brings together several distinct travel interests: a museum connected to music, a museum about the city’s history, a park with a pond and running facilities, and a pier serving as the starting point for an express boat line. Culture and exercise offer different focuses. For your planning, it is worth first considering whether you are more interested in collections and architecture, time outdoors, or the temples and ceramics in the wider Mueang Nonthaburi District.

Museums spanning music and city history

The Ban Kru Montri Tramote Museum, also known as Ban Som Song Saeng, displays many of the composer’s original compositions and his desk. Together, the compositions and desk bring the composer’s work and working environment into focus. Its connection to music sets this museum apart from the municipality’s other cultural themes.

The Nonthaburi Provincial Museum presents the city’s history and development from the past to the present. It is housed in the former provincial administration building at Tha Nam Non Pier. The building comprises seven two-storey brick-and-mortar structures arranged in a rectangle around a courtyard. Here, the city’s history meets the architecture of the former administrative building.

Makut Rommayasaran Park: a pond and opportunities for exercise

At the centre of Makut Rommayasaran Park is a pond stocked with various fish species. The park also has an aerobics area, a walking path and two running circuits. This offers different ways to spend time outdoors: you can focus on a walk or a run, or include the aerobics area in your plans. The two running circuits complement the walking path with an option for running.

The pier as the starting point for an express boat line

Tha Nam Non Pier is the starting point for the Nonthaburi–Wat Ratchasingkhon express boat line. This specific route connection is useful when planning your trip. If you plan to take a boat, check the schedule in advance. The pier and line add a connection to river transport alongside the museum and park themes.

More cultural destinations in Mueang Nonthaburi District

In Mueang Nonthaburi District, Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat Worawihan is located in Tambon Bang Si Mueang on the western bank of the Chao Phraya River. Wat Khema Phirataram includes the historic structures ตำหนักแดง and พระที่นั่งมูลมนเทียร. Wat Chotikaram was built around 2350 in the Buddhist Era and was formerly called Wat Sam Chin. These local and naming histories add religious buildings and their past to the range of perspectives on the region.

Wat Chotikaram’s design also offers several specific details: the vihara is a three-room brick-and-mortar building. Its murals extend from floor to ceiling and mainly depict episodes from the life of the Buddha; the front doors are carved with Chinese guardian figures. Blue-and-white ceramics and Benjarong ceramics also serve as architectural design elements. At Wat Sangkhathan, the glass ubosot has two floors; the upper floor is used for ordinations, recitations and meditation. The Nonthaburi Museum displays ceramics from Ban Ko Kret and Ban Bang Tanawsri and explains their production in detail.

Which themes should shape your choice of accommodation?

When looking for a holiday rental in Nonthaburi, you can weigh up your trip’s different focuses: music and city history, architecture, time in the park, or the temple and ceramics themes in Mueang Nonthaburi District. These options reflect different interests without combining them into a single itinerary.

For the broader travel overview: Mueang Nonthaburi District.