Nonthaburi can be explored through different points of interest: a provincial museum with a historic complex of buildings, a park with a pond and facilities for physical activity, and a pier that serves as the starting point of an express boat line. Cultural history, open space, and transport are distinct themes you can use to orient your trip.

Museum and Musical History

The former provincial administration building at Tha Nam Non Pier has been converted into the Nonthaburi Provincial Museum. The museum presents the history and development of the city from the past to the present. Its complex consists of seven two-story brick-and-mortar buildings arranged in a rectangle around a courtyard. The site’s former administrative function and its present use as a museum give it two historical layers: it represents both a style of architecture and the city history covered by the museum.

In the associated community is the Ban Kru Montri Tramote Museum, also called Ban Som Song Saeng. Numerous original compositions by the composer and his work desk are on display there. The works and the workplace are presented side by side: the compositions provide the musical connection, while the desk recalls the composer’s day-to-day work.

Park and Express Boat Line

Makut Rommayasaran Park has a pond where various fish species are kept. Other facilities include an aerobics area, a walking path, and two running circuits. The park thus offers different ways to be active: walking, running, and exercising in the aerobics area. The pond adds a distinct landscape feature. If you do not want to focus your trip solely on cultural sites, the park offers another way to spend time in the community.

Tha Nam Non Pier is the starting point of the Nonthaburi–Wat Ratchasingkhon express boat line. This is a specific transport connection that helps with local orientation: the pier marks the beginning of this line. When planning your trip, you can consider the express boat line separately from the cultural and landscape themes.

In the wider destination of Mueang Nonthaburi District

Other cultural themes are part of the wider destination of Mueang Nonthaburi District. Wat Chotikaram was formerly called Wat Sam Chin and was built around 2350 in the Buddhist calendar. The temple includes a three-room vihara made of brick and mortar. Its murals extend from floor to ceiling and mostly depict episodes from the life of the Buddha. The vihara’s front doors feature carved Chinese guardian figures; blue-and-white and Benjarong ceramics serve as architectural design elements at Wat Chotikaram. The temple complex thus brings together architecture, ceramics, and imagery as distinct themes.

Wat Khema Phirataram also includes historic buildings: ตำหนักแดง and พระที่นั่งมูลมนเทียร. Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat Worawihan is located in Tambon Bang Si Mueang, Amphoe Mueang Nonthaburi, on the western bank of the Chao Phraya River. At Wat Sangkhathan, the glass ubosot has two floors; the upper floor is used for ordinations, recitations, and meditation. These sites represent different architectural and religious themes within the explicitly wider destination.

The Nonthaburi Museum focuses on another theme: crafts. It displays ceramics from Ban Ko Kret and Ban Bang Tanawsri and provides a detailed explanation of how ceramics are made. Together with the religious buildings, the theme of ceramics offers another cultural perspective on Mueang Nonthaburi District.

For the wider travel overview: Mueang Nonthaburi District.