Experts' Choice Award Baan Dam Museum
What the experts agree on
Baan Dam Museum is a sprawling black complex of buildings showcasing Thai artist Thawan Duchanee's darkly surreal interpretation of hell, featuring taxidermy, animal bones, and sinister imagery throughout—utterly unlike anything else in Chiang Rai.
Frommer's "In bazaar, eerie contrast to the white Wat Rong Khun (p. ###) is this all-black multi-home complex that is an interpretation of hell by the Thai artist Thawan Duchanee. The main..." Full review
Fodor's "One of Thailand's most unusual architectural and artistic displays...a vast outdoor art gallery, dominated by macabre and rather sinister imagery." Full review
