The Lanna Folklife Museum serves as a "gateway to understanding Lanna culture," focusing on conveying details of daily life, traditions, and beliefs of the people in the Lanna Kingdom through 18 permanent exhibition rooms over 2 floors, emphasizing religion, arts, and lifestyle, as follows:

Permanent Exhibition Details (18 Rooms)

First Floor Exhibitions (Focus on Buddhist Art and Rituals)

• Temple Courtyard for Special Ceremonies: Presents Lanna Buddhist architecture and ritual integration in temple courtyards, including the belief in “Mai Kham Sa Ri” (supporting posts) to uphold Buddhism and bring blessings.

• Inside a Buddha Image Hall: Showcases Lanna vihara architectural patterns and devotion expressed through Buddhist art.

• Lanna Worship Offering: Displays beautiful offerings with Buddhist symbolic meanings.

• Lanna Sculpture: Exhibits diverse sculptures such as Buddha images decorating the vihara walls.

• Hae Khrua Than: Recreates processions of offerings or items donated to temples for merit-making occasions.

• Lanna Mural Painting: Showcases wall paintings reflecting Buddhist stories and local life.

• Ceramics and Lacquerware: Displays earthenware and lacquerware, major handicrafts of the Lanna people.

Second Floor Exhibitions (Focus on Lifestyle and Wisdom)

• Woven Basketry Making a Living: Exhibits tools and utensils made from bamboo for daily life and occupations.

• Music and Lifestyle: Presents Lanna musical instruments such as sueng and salo, and their role in leisure and courtship.

• Textiles and Traditional Clothing: Shows various woven textiles and local outfits, including “Tin Jok Kham” skirts, a special skirt of Tai-Yuan women.

• Villagers’ Lifestyle: Recreates living spaces, kitchens, and agricultural tools reflecting local wisdom.

Exhibition Style

The museum uses life-size mannequins dressed in traditional clothing and recreated scenes to present content vividly, allowing visitors to experience the atmosphere and understand the local culture of the past easily.

Private car:

• Drive into the Old City (parking is very limited); recommended to park on nearby side streets

Public transport/taxi:

• Use red songthaews (red trucks) or ride-hailing apps, indicating the destination as "Three Kings Monument" or "Lanna Folklife Museum"

• Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays

• Combo ticket: Recommended to purchase a combo ticket to visit all three nearby museums (Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Center, Lanna Folklife Museum, Chiang Mai City Historical Hall)

Admission Fee:

• Single ticket: Adults 20 THB, Children 10 THB

• Combo ticket (3 museums): 180 THB (foreign visitors may have different rates; please check current information)

Opening Hours:

• Wednesday – Sunday, 08:30 – 16:30