Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles explained

Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Former Name:Ratsadakorn-bhibhathana Building
Map Type:Thailand Bangkok
Map Dot Label:Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Location:Grand Palace, Bangkok
Type:History museum, Textile museum
Owner:Vajiralongkorn

The Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์ผ้าในสมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ พระบรมราชินีนาถ,) is located in the Grand Palace in Bangkok Thailand. The museum replaced the 1873 Ratsadakorn-bhibhathana Building (Thai: หอรัษฎากรพิพัฒน์;,) 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.

History

King Chulalongkorn planned to set up a centralized taxing system in Siam. Chulalongkorn established the Ratsadakorn-bhibhathana building on 4 June 1873 to improve efficiency, It later became the Customs Department. The organization and management became more effective under the control of the Royal Treasury Ministry and the Ministry of Finance.[1] [2]

Chulalongkorn appointed Chaturonrasmi to lead the organization.[3] The building was designed and built by an Italian. The Crown Property Bureau, which originally collected the monarchy;s assets. One of the purposes was to counter the influence of the Bunnag family who had been in control of wealth collection since early Rattanakosin.

In 1875, the Royal Treasury Ministry was established at the Ratsadakorn-bhibhathana Building.[4]

Textile museum

Queen Sirikit requested permission to renovate a vacant building in 2003 to be a textile museum.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site:

    Thai::

    . www.rd.go.th.
  2. Web site: ระบบภาษีไทยในวันที่โลกเปลี่ยน : คุยกับ ปัณณ์ อนันอภิบุตร. September 20, 2017.
  3. Web site: จุฬาลงกรณ์ราชบรรณาลัย . kingchulalongkorn.car.chula.ac.th . 7 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Ministry of Finance - Thailand.
  5. Web site: หอรัษฎากรพิพัฒน์ . Revenue Stamps of Thailand . th . 8 September 2018.