The exhibition
By Associate Professor M.R. Prudhisan Jumbala
“Phangnga is distinative for its mountains and islands”, so said H.M. King Prajadhipok when he and H.M. Queen Rambhai Barni visited Phuket and its environs in 1929. It was as if he had envisaged that, as time went by, Siam’s southwest coastal area would acquire a worldwide reputation as a tourist resort.
This was even though in those days, Monthon Phuket, as it was then called,comprising Phuket, Phangnga, Krabi ,Takua-pa ,Trang and Ranong, was important to Siam for its tin mines, its fruits of the land and its marine resources.
The King Prajadhipok Museum is therefore presenting an exhibition entitled “ The Sky Opens over Phuket “ so as to kindle an interest in looking at the present through the eyes of the past.
The exhibition follows the footsteps of Their late Majesties. Visitors can learn about the various methods of tin mining then current and savour the natural beauty of the waterfalls, caves, hot springs, mountains and the sea dotted with islands. They can came to appreciate how the locals, settlers from China and India and European expatriates lived together in this part of the royal realm and also how their diverse cultures intermingled in the local traditions and architecture as they view the photographs,some of which were taken by His late Majesty himself, and the paintings especially commissioned for the purpose.
Importantly, it is hoped that visitors will appreciate why their late Majesties were willing to endure the inconvenienes of traveling by train, ship and motorcade to see for themselves developments in this remote sub-region of the kingdom and to meet the people who variously made a living there.
H.M.King Prajadhipok took that opportunity to emphasize to them that it was wrong to think that the country’s development depended only on the King’s largesse.
The people themselves, regardless of their ranks, positions or occupations should help by doing their respective duties, by being amicable to each other and by abiding by the law. Government officials should also be” judicious in their governance, kind in their treatment of subordinates and citizens of all nationalities and tongues such that equality before the law prevailed.” Only then would happiness and peace become possible for all. These royal words ring true to this day.
“Phangnga is distinative for its mountains and islands”, so said H.M. King Prajadhipok when he and H.M. Queen Rambhai Barni visited Phuket and its environs in 1929. It was as if he had envisaged that, as time went by, Siam’s southwest coastal area would acquire a worldwide reputation as a tourist resort.
This was even though in those days, Monthon Phuket, as it was then called,comprising Phuket, Phangnga, Krabi ,Takua-pa ,Trang and Ranong, was important to Siam for its tin mines, its fruits of the land and its marine resources.
The King Prajadhipok Museum is therefore presenting an exhibition entitled “ The Sky Opens over Phuket “ so as to kindle an interest in looking at the present through the eyes of the past.
The exhibition follows the footsteps of Their late Majesties. Visitors can learn about the various methods of tin mining then current and savour the natural beauty of the waterfalls, caves, hot springs, mountains and the sea dotted with islands. They can came to appreciate how the locals, settlers from China and India and European expatriates lived together in this part of the royal realm and also how their diverse cultures intermingled in the local traditions and architecture as they view the photographs,some of which were taken by His late Majesty himself, and the paintings especially commissioned for the purpose.
Importantly, it is hoped that visitors will appreciate why their late Majesties were willing to endure the inconvenienes of traveling by train, ship and motorcade to see for themselves developments in this remote sub-region of the kingdom and to meet the people who variously made a living there.
H.M.King Prajadhipok took that opportunity to emphasize to them that it was wrong to think that the country’s development depended only on the King’s largesse.
The people themselves, regardless of their ranks, positions or occupations should help by doing their respective duties, by being amicable to each other and by abiding by the law. Government officials should also be” judicious in their governance, kind in their treatment of subordinates and citizens of all nationalities and tongues such that equality before the law prevailed.” Only then would happiness and peace become possible for all. These royal words ring true to this day.
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