Chiang Rai

"The Golden Triangle" 

House of Opium [Museum]

The Hall of Opium at the Golden Triangle Park houses several sections to be explored and various exhibitions to be contemplated. The Hall of Opium Museum is a combination of multimedia and exhibition to make learning more fun.

Aiming to educate people about opium, this exhibition portrays every angle of the story:- [1], starting from the history of the Golden Triangle, [2]the origin of opium, [3] the opium war, [4] opium warlords, drug smugglers, [5] opium effects, [6] the battle against opium and poppy growing, [7] to rehabilitation of living conditions of the people who live in the central of the Golden Triangle, [8] the former worldwide infamous drug trading zone.

The exhibition features the following zones:

Entrance Zone: A 137-meter-long dark tunnel towards an artificial poppy field in the Hall Zone.

Hall Zone: An artificial poppy field, where you can learn about various species of poppy flowers. Opium in Siam Zone: A mock-up of a Chinese tea house in Yaowarat where people came to smoke opium and the story about the origin of opium in Siam.

Magic Medicine Zone: This zone shows science behinds the development of morphine and heroin. Opium Effects Zone: This zone shows the adverse impact of drugs and drug addictions on individuals and the society.

Opium Effects Zone: This zone shows the adverse impact of drugs and drug addictions on individuals and the society.

Opium Museum in Golden Triangle

 A sketch Map showing briefly the geography of the Golden Triangle

House of Opium Museum

Entrance in Opium Museum

Frontage - Opium Museum

Pictorial display in Opium Museum

Pictorial display in Opium Museum

Pictorial display in Opium Museum

Pictorial display in Opium Museum

Opium Pods

Opium Flowers

Field of Opium plants

Opium Museum in Golden Triangle

A brief write-up on Khun Sa

Background on Opium Wars

As mentioned above, this museum had 4 Halls, we covered one topic, the minority ethnic tribes and opium growing