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Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles

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The Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles is located in the Grand Palace in Bangkok Thailand. The museum replaced the 1873 Ratsadakorn-bhibhathana Building (Thai: Hor Ratsadakorn Pipat) of the Royal Treasury Ministry by a request of Queen Sirikit in 2003. The building was the original organization of the current Crown Property Bureau.

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Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Sanam Chai Road, Bangkok Phra Nakhon District

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พระบรมมหาราชวัง

Sanam Chai Road
10200 Bangkok, Phra Nakhon District
Bangkok, Thailand
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