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WHAT TO DO A year later, construction began on the complex, and in 1998, H.R.H.
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the opening of the facility.
In addition to the excavation sites, one partially enclosed in a building,
AND SEE the museum, itself, features multimedia, sound and light exhibits and
reconstructed skeletons divided into eight zones: The Origin of Earth
and Universe, The Origin of Living Things, Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era,
Dinosaurs in Thailand, Bringing Life to Dinosaurs, Cenozoic Era and
Human Beings.
Sirindhorn Museum
Thailand’s Jurassic Park
Non Buri, Sahatsakhan, Kalasin
(+66) 43 871 613-6
sdmk@dmr.mail.go.th
http://www.sdm.dmr.go.th/website
Open daily from 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Admission: Free
A little less than 30 kilometers north of the provincial capital brings
you to Sahatsakhan district on the shores of the Lam Pao Reservoir
partially formed by Phu Kum Khao watershed, now famous for its
fossilized treasures.
The Sirindhorn Museum, or Phu Kum Khao Dinosaur Excavation
Site, is Southeast Asia’s largest and most important paleontology
research and education center. It was established in 1994, after
dinosaur bones and fossils were discovered at Wat Sakan.
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