Daeng Residential Hall (The Royal Palaces and Halls)

Daeng Residential Hall
(The Royal Palaces and Halls in Bangkok)

     Daeng Residential Hall formed a part of the Grand Palace. Permission to construct it as the residence  of his elder sister, HRH Princess Sri Sudarak was granted by King Rama I (Phraphutthayotfa Chulalok).

     Daeng Residential  Hall  now forms a  part of the National Museum and displays the personal effects of H.M.Queen  Sri Suriyendra, queen of the Second Reign, and other articles of the early Bangkok  period.

     The one-storey wooden building  is in the Thai architectural style with a tile roof and decorated with chor fa, bai raka, hang hong and nak sadung.

      HRH Princess Sri Sudarak lived at Daeng Residential Hall her entire life. Later, it became the residence of H.M.Queen Sri Suriyendra and H.M. King Pin-klao, her son.

      In the Third  Reign, H.M.Queen Sri Suriyendra went to live at Doem Palace in Thon Buri and King  Rama  III (Phra Bat Somdet Phra Nangklao Chao Yu Hua) ordered to transfer Daeng Residential Hall  there.

      In the Fourth reign, H.M.K ing Pin-klao ordered Daeng Residential Hall, which had once been his residence, to be transferred to Boworn Sathan Mon gkhon Palace. Seventy years later, Daeng Residential   Hall had become very dilapidated, but it was restored using money donated by Queen Savang Vadhana, paternal grand-mother of King Rama IX (King Bhumibol Adulyadej), for its renovation.

      In 1967 the Department of Fine Arts transferred Daeng Residential Hall to the front p art of the palace complex, carried out further renovations and now uses it as a museum.

Constructed in the First Reign, 1782 - King Rama I (Phraphutthayotfa Chulalok)
Located at the Nation al Museum, Na Phra That Road, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok.
Tel. +662224-1370