CALENDAR
Oct 28, 2019
Orientation Date: October 29th, 2019; 9:30am - 12.00noon; Walking dates (2020): Jan 14, Jan 21st, Jan 28th, Feb 04th, Feb 11th, Feb 25th; Walks start at 8.00am and last about 4 hrs; max 20 participants (priority to NMV members); registration fee: THB 300.-; Organizers: Claudia Cordon & Montse Amado.
Historic Neighbourhood Walks - Bangkok 2020
Let's join to do walks in the Historic Neighbourhoods of Bangkok! Your part is to join a small sub-team, to plan a 3-4 hour walking tour for the others. Each tour includes a rest stop and place for quick lunch (optional) afterwards. This activity is planned to meet once a week for 6 consecutives Tuesdays and you are required to attend all of them. Since we have almost covered all Barrett's "22 Walks in Bangkok" book... we are proposing new and exciting routes thanks to the extended public transport lines!
Yes! we know you can do it on you own... but how much more fun is it to share and explore together?!! In the orientation day we will create teams and decide areas to be visited which can be chosen from the ones we will be proposing or any one you might have in mind.
Nov 30, 2019
Daily from December 1st, 2019.
Arts of the Kingdom exhibit and the Khon education center: Free shuttle bus service from Na Phra Larn Road outside the Silpakorn University gates
Arts of the Kingdom Museum in Koh Kerd, Bang Pa-in, Ayutthaya province.
The exhibit showcases important artistic pieces from Queen Sirikit's Foundation.
From 1st December there will be a free shuttle bus service for Thais and foreigners, leaving from Na Phra Larn Road outside the Silpakorn University gates (opposite where tourist exit from the Grand Palace.)
The first bus leaves at 10.30, and returns from the museum at 14.00.
The second bus leaves at 12.00 and returns at 15.00. Passengers will be returned to the Sanam Luang area.
The buses can carry 50 passengers each time.
They operate from Tuesday - Sunday. There is no service on Monday and during New Year and Songkran holidays.
Please note: the Arts of the Kingdom Museum will be closed from 28 December 2019 - 6th January 2020.
Tickets: Foreigners visiting the Grand Palace can use their entrance tickets to get into the museum without additional costs. Other visitors to the museum can buy tickets on arrival at the museum.
For further information please phone 035 352 995 or 02 283 9557.
Map (Arts of the Kingdom Museum)
Feb 12, 2020
8:30am meeting; return by 1pm; max. 13 participants; THB 700.- for NMV-Members, THB 900.- for Non-members; travel by long-tail boat and van.
Excursions: Discovering Phra Khanong - its klongs and its temples
Let us take you on a trip back to the past while cruising the Phra Khanong kh/ong ( canal) along a Buddhist & Muslim Neighbourhood barely known by farangs, where life happens surrounded by emerging tall buildings yet keeping its essence amist nature and a peaceful serene landscape. Temples and mosques can be seen along the way but we will stop just in a couple of them, names not to be revealed yet! not a hint so we do not spoil the location and the fun! We can share though that the end will be in the middle of a buzzling market!!
Feb 10, 2020
Présentation du sujet: Mardi 11 février 2020; Sessions: 10.3, 17.3, 24.3, 31.3.2020; 09.00 à 12.00; max 8 participants.
Groupe d'étude francophone: L' Opium
De l’usage thérapeutique à l’usage récréatif, cette « plante de la joie », ainsi désignée par les Sumériens, va marquer l’histoire des arts, de la littérature et de la politique. Venez avec nous vous pencher sur l’impact de l’histoire de l’opium au royaume du Siam et plus largement en Asie.
En passant de l’explication des implantations des fumeries d’opium, des maisons de thé et des objets d’arts, aux guerres de l’opium entre la Grande-Bretagne, la France et la Chine, de l’histoire du triangle d’or, aux combats du roi Rama IX dans les hautes terres du nord de la Thaïlande, vous aurez un autre regard sur cette plante qui règne en maître depuis des siècles.
Sep 30, 2020
Next Guiding Workshops in English, French and German: October 2020