Phuket Sea Shell Museum

For forty years, the Patamakanthin brothers have searched the world for the most beautiful and unique seashells. Their collection of over 2,000 species is now on display at the Phuket Seashell Museum. The exhibition includes one of the rarest golden pearls, the only left-handed Noble Volute, giant clams, and fossils dating back 380 million years! Shell collectors from around the world have proclaimed that this is one of the most extraordinary collections to be found. You haven't experienced Phuket if you haven't seen the sea, the sand and the Phuket Seashell Museum!

Phuket Sea Shell Museum
International shell collectors would sell their mothers for even half of the remarkable collection on show at the Phuket Seashell Museum, on Viset Road, near Rawai Beach. The exhibition features more than 2,000 species, including the only left-handed Noble Volute ever discovered, giant clams, 380 million-year-old fossils and one of the worlds rarest golden pearls.

Phuket Sea Shell Museum
A labour of love for the Patamakanthin brothers, it has taken over forty years and visits to the four corners of the earth to bring together this extraordinary exhibition.

12/2 Viset Rd., Rawai Beach, Phuket 83000 Thailand. Tel. +66 76 381 888 Fax. +66 76 381 777

Phuket Rare Stones Musuem

You see art. You see life. Located at 58/34 Thepkasatree Rd., Km.5 (about 700 meters from Super Cheap Store), It is a new tourists ' attraction where you see art, and you see life.

The most enjoyable part of visiting the Phuket Rare Stones Museum is that after the brief look at all stones, you select 5-6 your most interesting ones. Spending 5-10 minutes with each of the selected stones, the picture will be floated out from the stones as you imagine.

Each stone can conjure up a different picture in each person's imagination. That is the art part. The deeper you imagine, the more you will see, and that can be the life part.

Open everyday 09:00-18:00 hrs.
Admission Fees : Adult 200 Baht, Child 100 Baht.

For more information : Tel (076)238451-2 Fax (076)217393

Thai Village and Orchid Farm

Set amidst the tropical splendour of dozens of rare orchid species, the Thai Village and Orchid Farm brings living colour to Thailand's culture and history. With two shows a day - at 11am and 5.30pm - visitors can experience traditional Thai dance, a demonstration of the strength and versatility of the Thai elephant, exhibitions of Thai handicrafts and witness a lifelike recreation of tin mining as it was performed at the height of the boom over a century ago.

Tel: 076 214 860 or 076 237 400 for further information