The Erawan Museum | Giant three-headed Elephant Art | Samut Prakan

The Erawan Museum | Giant three-headed Elephant Art | Samut Prakan

Located on Sukhumvit Road (old route) passing Bang Phli Intersection prior to the Pak Nam Intersection, covering an area of 12 rai of the Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant Company Limited, Tambon Samrong Thap, this museum was inspired by the thought and imagination of Khun Lek Viriyapant, owner of the Ancient City or Muang Boran in Samut Prakan and the Sanctuary of Truth in Pattaya, Chonburi.

The museum is intended to collect the antiques and cultural heritage of various kinds and to pass on preserve Thai arts for the future.
The Erawan or three headed elephant is the first free standing sculpture of the world to be constructed with a manual direct metal technique. It is made of more than a hundred thousand pieces of copper.
The smallest ones are similar size as a palm. They were softened by heat, knocked and connected with delicacy. The height of the elephant and the building combined is 43.6 metres.