Educational and Cultural Institutions

Bangkok is the center of Thai culture and education.

The city is the seat of six major universities: Chulalongkorn (1917); Thammasat (1933); Silpakorn (1943), for students of the fine arts; Kasetsart (1943), an agriculture school; Mahidol, a medical school; and the Asian Institute of Technology (1959).

Many private and proprietary universities, technical institutes, and teacher-training colleges are also located here.

( The National Museum )
The National Museum houses excellent collections on Thai art and archaeology, as does the much smaller Jim Thompson House.

The preeminent research and scholarly institution is the Siam Society (1904), which has an excellent, small library.

( The National Library )
The National Library and its municipal branches serve the capital's students and scholars.