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Amongst the numberless attractions of Bangkok the Corrections Museum is a worth visiting tourist destination. The Bangkok Corrections Museum is situated on Maha Chai Road. The museum presents before you the grim picture of Thai prison history.
Bangkok is not only a shoppers' paradise, this Thai capital is a rich ground of architectural splendor . The museums of Bangkok which reveal Thai art and architecture is a vivid way of experiencing the historic background of the city. Explore the famous museums of Bangkok and enrich yourself with the cultural heritage and historic background of Bangkok.
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Corrections Museum is situated in the same place of the former Bangkok maximum security prison. The maximum security prison museum was built in the year 1890 during the reign of King Chulalongkorn, also known as King Rama V. The prison museum was first established in the Bang Kwang Central Prison in 1939 . In the year 1987, the prison in Maha Chai road was demolished and Bangkok Corrections Museum was formed. The museum comprises of three blocks, a cellblock, a side of the prison wall and two watch towers. The rest part of the prison was transformed into a public park.
The park is known as Romanni Nart Park which was inaugurated on August 7, 1999.
The exhibits of the museum will make you remember the brutal and severe punishment one had to go through those days. The display of photographs of old prison compound and the process of demolition along with a scaled model of the old prison house creates the grave atmosphere in the museum. Besides this, there are life-size figures in wax exhibiting the suffering in execution scene.
The other exhibits in the museum include:
Tools used for the brutal punishment
Coffin-like box containing pierced lid. The prisoner was left bound in the box with lid closed.
Sharpened bamboo sticks left under the nails of the prisoner with hands tied up.
The prisoners were flogged ninety times and then were beheaded by sword. The museum portrays the rude and ruthless prison life before the establishment of penal system.
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