The Latest Breaking News from the Fine Arts Department

Thailand celebrates ninth World Heritage site

Thailand celebrated a major cultural milestone on Saturday as the Unesco World Heritage Committee approved the inscription of Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat as a World Cultural Heritage site.

Bangkok Post · Jul 25

Archaeologists find two gold rings dating back 2,000 years during dig in Thailand

Officials in Thailand have discovered two gold rings that are around 2,000 years old

The Independent UK · Jul 6

Ancient burial site yields more finds

The Fine Arts Department on Monday announced further progress in the excavation of the Don Yai Thong archaeological site in Ban Lat district, Phetchaburi, with the discovery of another human skeleton, bringing the total to nine.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29

A bitter farewell

The Robot Building on Sathon Road is a childhood superhero that comes to life. Standing on staggered floors, the chunky android is studded with nuts and bolts. Its head boasts metallic-lidded eyes and two communication antennae and its frontal body is outfitted with black glass and blue stripes like armour.…

Bangkok Post · May 14, 2023

New museum to host over 100,000 relics

The Fine Arts Department (FAD) is building a national museum in Pathum Thani's Khlong Luang district with a warehouse for over 100,000 artefacts, according to Phanombootra Chandrajoti, its director-general.

Bangkok Post · Apr 28, 2023

Purple Line plans worry art chiefs

The Fine Arts Department has raised concerns over the need to avoid as many historic sites as possible along a new extension of the Purple Line which will run through Bangkok's Rattanakosin Island old town area.

Bangkok Post · Apr 14, 2023

Don't ignore our heritage

The ongoing construction of the Purple Line rail extension that comes at the cost of some almost-century-old shophouses in the Rattanakosin old quarters has caused a stir.

Bangkok Post · Mar 31, 2023