Jim Thompson House

Why go

The museum's own site presents the Jim Thompson House Museum as the Bangkok home and Asian art collection of the late James H.W. Thompson; the site is published by The James H. W. Thompson Foundation. This record is the house museum, not the Jim Thompson silk company or its shops, and not the Jim Thompson Art Center, which the museum says is in the same compound and runs its own exhibitions. The museum's visitor-information page says visitors may enter the main house only with a guide, that guides are offered in Thai, English, French, Chinese and Japanese, that shoes must be taken off before entering the main house, and that bags over 20 cm must be left in the locker area. The home page says no reservation is required and that walk-in tours are available when online reservations are full, and it asks visitors to buy tickets only through the museum's authorised platforms. Its visitor-information page also warns visitors to ignore strangers who claim the museum is closed and offer to take them elsewhere. Opening hours and admission are set by the museum; check its site before you go.