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The Phuket Seashell Museum (Bangkoksite Photos taken on October 22, 2000)

Phuket Seashell Museum The Phuket Seashell Museum & Shop is  privately owned by Phuket Seashell Co.,Ltd. It is located at 12/2 Moo 2, Wiset Road, Tambon Rawai, Muang District. This museum has large amount of seashell collections from Thailand and all over the World. You will be impressed to see the displays of the museum  with so many ancient seashells, some of them are more than 200 million years old. The museum is about 2 years old and has been visited by many VIPs, tourists, and students. Mr.Somchai Pathamakantin, the owner of the museum, was born in Damnoen Saduak, Ratchaburi Province. He came to Phuket when he was young and started to collect seashells for selling. Finally, he built this museum for the collection of valuable and hard to find seashells from around the world for the image of Phuket, for education, for tourist attraction, and to fulfill his endeaver. The web site of the museum is http://www.phuketseashell.com which is underconstruction by mr. Somchai. The museum has also a large shop selling seashell products, handicrafts and souvenirs. To contact please call : Tel. (076) 381-266, 381-274,  or Mobile (01) 676-8822, (01) 958-8822 Fax. (076) 381-777 Continue on Page 2    Page 3

Since : September 19, 1999