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Specimen display cabinets inside Chulalongkorn University’s Herbs Museum
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Herbs Museum Chulalongkorn University

พิพิธภัณฑ์สมุนไพร จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย

Cultural Landmark Third floor, Osot Sala · Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences · 254 Phaya Thai Road · Bangkok 10330

A university museum of medicinal-plant specimens, traditional pharmacy tools and the history of Thai pharmacy, on the third floor of Osot Sala.

Visiting essentials

Visiting enquiries

+66 2 218 8357

Museum email

herbsmuseum@pharm.chula.ac.th

Appointment email

pcogpbot@pharm.chula.ac.th

Museum map

Original museum point; ask for Osot Sala’s third floor Check details

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Confirm the morning visiting session

The university lists Thursday 09:00–12:00, while its linked collection website lists Tuesday and Thursday 09:00–12:00; both exclude public holidays. The map instead shows Thursday 10:00–12:00. Confirm your visit directly. The university advertises free admission and asks groups to give at least one week’s notice.

About this place

The Herbs Museum belongs to Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Its displays bring together medicinal-plant specimens, traditional drug-preparation equipment and the development of Thai pharmacy. The collection has occupied the third floor of Osot Sala since its opening there on 26 March 2001. It is a museum and academic collection, rather than a treatment clinic or herbal shop. Find it at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 254 Phaya Thai Road, Pathum Wan district, Bangkok 10330. The separate four-floor Chula Museum tells the wider university’s history; ask specifically for the Herbs Museum in Osot Sala. The university lists Thursday 09:00–12:00, while its linked collection website lists Tuesday and Thursday 09:00–12:00; both exclude public holidays. The map instead shows Thursday 10:00–12:00. Confirm your visit directly. The university advertises free admission and asks groups to give at least one week’s notice. For visiting enquiries, call +66 2 218 8357 or email herbsmuseum@pharm.chula.ac.th. The collection website also accepts appointment enquiries at pcogpbot@pharm.chula.ac.th. The display-cabinet photograph is published on the university’s museum page. Its capture date and photographer are unstated; exhibit labels in the photograph are not current medical guidance.

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A collection about Thai pharmacy

The museum brings together herbal specimens from Thailand and elsewhere with traditional tools for preparing and measuring medicines. Its linked website also provides a searchable specimen reference. These are educational collections; a museum visit does not provide a diagnosis, prescription or treatment.

Plan a morning visit

The university lists Thursday 09:00–12:00, while its linked collection website lists Tuesday and Thursday 09:00–12:00; both exclude public holidays. The map instead shows Thursday 10:00–12:00. Confirm your visit directly. The university advertises free admission and asks groups to give at least one week’s notice. Contact the museum before a special journey or group visit. The collection website lists 02 218 8357 and 02 218 8353; the university directory lists 02 218 8412 and 02 218 8357.

Choose the specialist museum

Use the third floor of Osot Sala at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The university’s separate Chula Museum, Natural History Museum, herbarium and Living Plant Museum have different collections and visiting arrangements. The university postal directory uses Wang Mai; this listing retains the exact museum map point within Pathum Wan subdistrict.

A view inside the collection

The specimen-cabinet photograph is supplied on Chulalongkorn University’s own Herbs Museum page. The photographer and capture date are unstated. The photograph illustrates the collection, without confirming today’s exhibit layout or the medical claims printed on older labels.
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