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THE JIM THOMPSON HOUSE MUSEUM. The Bangkok home and Asian art collection of the late James H.W. Thompson, also known as the “Thai Silk King”. Announcement. Due to maintenance of the system, there may be a slight delay in issuing your ticket. We apologize for the inconvenience. VISITOR INFORMATION.
The Jim Thompson House is a museum in central Bangkok, Thailand, housing the art collection of American businessman and architect James Harrison Wilson Thompson or simply Jim Thompson, the museum designer and former owner.
Jim Thompson built his house in 1958-59 on a plot of land across the canal, or klong in Thaï, from the Bahn Krua silk weaving community. For his new home, Thompson acquired several Thai houses some of which were dismantled and sent down the Chao Phraya River to Bangkok where they were reassembled.
Operating under the The James H.W. Thompson Foundation, visitors can visit Jim Thompson House Museum and discover the late founder's comprehensive art collection, Asian antiques and a garden oasis that have been preserved as a museum since the day of his disappearance.
VISITOR INFORMATION. Opening Hours. Everyday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM with the last guided tour at 5:00 PM. When visiting the main house, customers are not allowed to enter the house without a guide. The museum provides guides in five languages: Thai, English, French, Chinese, and Japanese.
The Jim Thompsons house is a Thai house owned by James H.W. Thompson, an American entrepreneur who founded the world renowned Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company . In 1967, Jim Thompson went on holiday at the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia.
The Jim Thompson House Museum is his former residence which was a complex of six traditional Thai-style teak houses, collected from all over Central and Northern Thailand and re-assembled as his private canal-side residence.
