About Baan Dam Museum (Black House)
A private art museum north of Chiang Rai by artist Thawan Duchanee: around 40 dark wooden buildings mixing northern Thai architecture with unusual contemporary design, filled with horns, skins and bones.
Highlights
- Dark wooden buildings
- Art by Thawan Duchanee
- Counterpart of the White Temple
When to visit Baan Dam Museum (Black House)
Month by month: good, OK or less good, based on average rain and temperature (Chiang Rai climate).
Best months: January, February, March, November, December.
- January Dry: about 11 mm on 2 rain days, max 29°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- February Dry: about 15 mm on 2 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- March Dry: about 33 mm on 4 rain days, max 34°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- April Some rain: about 84 mm on 8 rain days, max 35°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- May Rainy season: about 198 mm on 15 rain days, max 33°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- June Some rain: about 172 mm on 16 rain days, max 32°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- July Rainy season: about 287 mm on 19 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- August Rainy season: about 321 mm on 20 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- September Rainy season: about 272 mm on 18 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- October Some rain: about 121 mm on 12 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- November Dry: about 47 mm on 5 rain days, max 29°C (Chiang Rai climate)
- December Dry: about 12 mm on 2 rain days, max 28°C (Chiang Rai climate)
Source: climate figures from our weather page: Weather and climate.
Practical information
- Location
- Chiang Rai · 19.99210, 99.86070
- Type
- 🏛️ Museum
Opening hours and entry fee: no reliable source found, so not listed. Ask on site or check the official website.
More photos of Baan Dam Museum (Black House)
25 Large Carving on Wall, Black House, Chiang Rai Photo: Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
19 Snake Skin, Black House, Chiang Rai Photo: Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
23 Carved Facade, Black House, Chiang Rai Photo: Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Baan Dam Museum (Black House) on the map
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More great places nearby
- Wat Huay Pla Kang 7 km as the crow flies
- Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten) 8 km as the crow flies
- Chiang Rai Clock Tower 10 km as the crow flies
- Chiang Rai Night Bazaar 10 km as the crow flies
- Singha Park 20 km as the crow flies
- White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) 21 km as the crow flies
Temples nearby
- 🛕 Wat Huay Pla Kang 7 km as the crow flies
- 🛕 Wat Rong Suea Ten 8 km as the crow flies
- 🛕 Wat Phra Kaew (Chiang Rai) 10 km as the crow flies
- 🛕 Wat Rong Khun 21 km as the crow flies