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