The Noble House Museum or Hong Chao Fong Kham ‘Dress with traditional costumes and get some antique-styled photos.’

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The Noble House Museum or Hong Chao Fong Kham is a large, rambling teak house in classic Northern Thai style set in a beautiful garden.

If you want some Thai-traditional-styled photos, you don’t need to rent an expensive studio or a famous photographer. In fact, there are many place that can give you the same feeling, where you can feel like travelling back to the past and get some nice photos. Beside, with all those hi-tech smartphone cameras, anyone can get their own high-quality photos, no need to hire expensive photographers at all. For costumes, that’s not a big deal. There are many shops that you can rent some Thai traditional costumes, both authentic style and contemporary style.

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the noble house museum, the noble house nan, hong chao fong kham
the noble house museum, the noble house nan, hong chao fong kham

Now that everything is ready, from costumes to camera, all that left is location. Where can you go when you don’t want to rent a studio? Well, follow us. Let us suggest something to you.

You don’t want to just taking antique-styled photos. But you will want to go on a trip too. In that case, let’s go to Hong Chao Fong Kham, an over-200-year-old house made of teakwood!

Wow! That’s extraordinary!

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the noble house museum, the noble house nan, hong chao fong kham
the noble house museum, the noble house nan, hong chao fong kham

Owned by Chao Fong Kham, the descendant of Chao Anandhawararittidetch, the 62nd ruler of the town, the house is quite large, so you can take photos most everywhere. You will feel like you’re a lady or a nobleman from the past. The house is very very beautiful. It will suit your traditional costumes for sure. Take photos and walk around the house magnificently, admiring those old items.

By the way, don’t forget to see fabric weaving below the house.

The Noble House Museum is open daily, except for Monday and Tuesday, from 9:00-17:00.

How to get there

The Noble House Museum is located just in Muang County. Look for the Highway 101 and continue straight. Use Suriyapong Road to reach the downtown of Nan. Be careful at this point, as you must turn left to Thevarach Road before reaching Sri Muang Park. Next, just pass Phumirak Glorifying Park and get into Sumonthevarach 2 Block. Be patient. After driving for the very last 50 metres, you will reach the noble house museum.

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Wat Phumin

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Nan National Museum

Nearby Places

Wat Phumin is Nan’s most famous temple. Very special is the cruciform shape of the temple. Inside you discover four Buddhas sitting back to back and astonishing mural paintings, covering the interior walls, depicting not only scenes from Buddha’s life, but also battle scenes, festival celebrations, the arrival of foreigners in town and locals flirting.

Let’s tour this museum of history. The museum display items that tell stories of various ethnic groups in Nan. You will see many old items, including the rare ‘Black Ivory’, which is a respectable holy item of Nan Province.