Sirindhorn Museum
A geology museum at Non Buri in Kalasin's Sahatsakhan district, given over to the dinosaurs whose fossils have been dug from the hills here. Skeletons, casts and models tell the story of the creatures that once lived in what is now Isan.
- Where
- Sahatsakhan, Kalasin, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 16.6922, 103.5239
Get the Sirindhorn Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sirindhorn Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Kalasin volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sirindhorn Museum
Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon 80 km
A nine-storey stupa at Wat Nong Waeng in Khon Kaen's old town, 80 metres tall on a square base 50 metres to a side. It was raised for King Bhumibol's Golden Jubilee and the province's 200th year, modelled on the Isan form of Phra That Kham Kaen.
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site 97 km
A village in the Udon Thani countryside where digs from 1966 onwards turned up red-painted pottery, bronze made on the spot and more than a hundred burials. The finds have been studied for clues to the farming, diet and health of the people who lived here, and the site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1992.
Wat Phra That Phanom 131 km
A wat near the Mekong in That Phanom whose tall white and gold chedi is said to hold the breastbone of the Buddha. It is the most important Buddhist site in Nakhon Phanom province, and a week-long festival each year brings thousands of pilgrims to the town.
Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum 134 km
A geological museum in the hills of Khon Kaen province given over mainly to fossils, run by the Department of Mineral Resources. Its grounds cover some 16 hectares in Wiang Kao district, and it has been open to the public since 2009.
Sala Kaew Ku 154 km
A park of giant concrete figures drawn from Buddhism and Hinduism, close to the Mekong and the Lao border at Nong Khai. It was begun in 1978 by Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat and his followers, who had already made the Buddha Park across the river in Laos, and here the visions grew larger and wilder still.
Wat Phu Tok 164 km
A meditation wat built up the sides of a lone sandstone mountain in Bueng Kan. Wooden walkways cling to the cliffs, climbing level by level past caves and shrines, with the plains of the northeast spread out below.
Phu Phra Bat Historical Park 169 km
A wooded hillside in Udon Thani scattered with strange sandstone formations, pillars, overhangs and balanced boulders, around which religious shrines were built. Some of the rock shelters still carry prehistoric paintings, and a trail links them through the forest.
Erawan Cave 174 km
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Questions
Where is Sirindhorn Museum?
Sirindhorn Museum is in Sahatsakhan, Kalasin, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon (80 km), Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (97 km), Wat Phra That Phanom (131 km).
How do I get the Sirindhorn Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sirindhorn Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Kalasin volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sirindhorn Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Kalasin volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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