Touch Exhibits Museum in Honor of Her Majesty the Queen

Inside the Siriraj Medical Museum complex on Wanglang Road, one gallery breaks the usual museum rule and asks you to touch everything. The Touch Exhibits Museum, opened in 2013, was built as a learning space for visually impaired visitors — tactile replicas connected to Queen Sirikit, including relief models of her royal medals and decorations, let you follow the story by hand rather than by sight. A single-museum ticket is 200 THB; a combined ticket covering two of Siriraj’s museums runs 300 THB, and organised student groups can visit from 20 THB per head.

Exhibits are grouped so you move from one tactile station to the next, each with an audio track explaining what your hands are on and why it matters — the reliefs replicate real decorations and honours associated with the Queen, rendered at a scale and texture you can read by touch alone. It’s a small museum by Bangkok standards, easily covered in 45 minutes to an hour, and the galleries are fully air-conditioned, a welcome break if you’re touring Siriraj’s other buildings on a hot afternoon.

Insider Tip: Buy the combined two-museum ticket if you’re also visiting the Siriraj Medical Museum or Congdon’s Anatomical Museum next door — at 300 THB it’s cheaper than paying for two single tickets, and the museums sit within the same walkway.

The museum sits inside a working medical school and hospital campus, not a standalone tourist site, so signage can be sparse outside the museum buildings themselves — following signs for “Siriraj Museum” from the Wang Lang pier gets you there fastest. It’s closed Tuesdays and public holidays, and the ticket counter stops selling an hour before closing, so arrive by mid-afternoon if you want a relaxed visit rather than a rushed one.

Watch out: Don’t assume this is a free government exhibit like some TAT listings suggest — bring cash or a card for the entry fee, and check the closed-Tuesday schedule before planning a same-day visit around it.

Part of the wider Siriraj hospital campus in Bangkok Noi, a short walk from the river piers that also serve Wat Arun and the Grand Palace across the Chao Phraya.