The Khon Kaen National Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์แห่งชาติขอนแก่น; RTGS:phiphitthaphan haeng chat khonkaen) was opened by King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 20 December 1972. Most of the exhibits are concerned with history, art, and archaeology. Besides the museum's permanent collection, temporary exhibitions are shown throughout the year.[1]
Exhibits in the museum include:
The geography and geology of the prehistoric period
Settlements, utensils, burial rituals, and major archaeological findings
Bai sema boundary markers, religion and beliefs, costumes, script, architecture, Votive offering tablets, archaeological objects taken from the Mueang Fa Daet Song Yang excavation site, Kamalasai District, Kalasin Province.
The museum exhibits a range of architectural items, including marble slabs (sema), ancient bas reliefs, stuccoes and ancient tools. Among its other exhibits are dinosaur fossils, human skeletal remains, ancient musical instruments, pottery, and Buddha images.[2]
