The Royal Barges Museum is located on Bangkok Noi Canal off the Chao Praya River. It is opposite to Thonburi Railway Station, and not far from Phra Pin Klao Bridge. Most tourists go by boat but it is also possible to go by car then park the car under the Arun Amarin Bridge before crossing Bangkok Noi Canal. After that you can fellow the sign walking through narrow lane of housing community of Dusita Ram Temple till the Royal Barge National Museum.

The barges are under the care of Royal Household and Royal Navy. This museum offers visitors the display of several ornately carved royal barges with unique and decorative detail of each barge should be of great interest to all visitors such as the visitor from USA and Austria were interesting with the Royal Barges.

The Royal Barges Museum has the barges on display vary in size and function. but the most beautiful and well-know barge is “Suphannahong” or “the Golden Swan”. It is used by the King only when he make his royal river procession for Kathin Ceremony, the Buddhist tradition of offering robes to monks, normally during October or November every year.

The admission fee for The Royal Barges Museum is 30 baht per person, if you want to take pictures, you will have to pay an additional fee of 10 baht for camera. The Royal Barges Museum is open 9.00 am to 5.00 pm everyday. It closes on New Year’s Eve (31 December), New Year’s Day and Songkran (Thailand New Year’s day during 13 to 15 April).The best way to reach here is Chao Phraya Tourist Boat, it stops at the museum. It you take the express Boat service, the nearest stop is Pinklao Bridge Pier.

The 60th Anniversary Celebration of His Majesty’s Accession to the Throne on 9 June 2006, the royal government has assigned the Royal Thai Navy to set the royal barge procession start from Wasuki Landing Place to Wat Arun Landing Place, on 12 June 2006. On that day the citizens, traveler and royal visitor from other countries such as the King and Queen of Japan were amazed by the beautiful royal barges along the Chao Phraya River.