About Lanna Folklife Museum
A museum in the old city of Chiang Mai about the culture and daily life of northern Thailand, the old Lanna kingdom. It sits in a colonial-style building next to the Three Kings Monument.
Highlights
- Lanna culture and crafts
- Colonial-style building
- Heart of the old city
When to visit Lanna Folklife Museum
Month by month: good, OK or less good, based on average rain and temperature (Chiang Mai climate).
Best months: January, February, March, November, December.
- January Dry: about 4 mm on 1 rain days, max 29°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- February Dry: about 9 mm on 1 rain days, max 32°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- March Dry: about 18 mm on 2 rain days, max 35°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- April Dry but very hot: about 57 mm on 7 rain days, max 36°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- May Some rain: about 162 mm on 15 rain days, max 34°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- June Some rain: about 125 mm on 17 rain days, max 32°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- July Some rain: about 140 mm on 19 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- August Rainy season: about 217 mm on 21 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- September Rainy season: about 211 mm on 18 rain days, max 31°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- October Some rain: about 118 mm on 12 rain days, max 30°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- November Dry: about 54 mm on 5 rain days, max 29°C (Chiang Mai climate)
- December Dry: about 16 mm on 1 rain days, max 28°C (Chiang Mai climate)
Source: climate figures from our weather page: Weather and climate.
Practical information
- Location
- Chiang Mai · 18.79022, 98.98844
- 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 Lanna Folklife Museum
Exhibit at Lanna Folklife Museum - Chiang Mai - Thailand Photo: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Detail of Tai Lue Weaving - Lanna Folklife Museum - Chiang Mai - Thailand - 04 Photo: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
The Lanna Folklife Museum in Chiang Mai at night. Photo: Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lanna Folklife Museum on the map
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- Tha Phae Gate 1 km as the crow flies
- 💎 Warorot Market (Kad Luang) 1 km as the crow flies
- Chiang Mai Night Bazaar 1 km as the crow flies
- Nimmanhaemin Road 3 km as the crow flies
Temples nearby
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