Originallly this old edifice, built in 1918, was used as the City
Hall. The plot of land was donated to His Royal Highneess Prince
Sabasiddhiprasong by the heirs of Prince Rachaputtra (Sui) for
publice purpose. It has been used as a public building since the
reign of King Ramsa VI.
This one-storeyed, rectangular structure is built ofrick
with the ground slighty heightened and north orientation. The walls
are cement surfaced and hip roof iscovered with hard tiles. At the
middle of this edificeconsisted of a large hall with a corridor
along sides and small rooms are all along this corridor. Magnificent
sawndesigns representing fliwers and leaves are used todecorate on
the top frames of doors and pillars supporting the protruding roof.
As the city has grown, this building became too small to
housed all the government officals. In 1968, a new City Hall was
built at the west of Thung Sri Muang esplande. In 1983,
Mr.Boonchauai Srisarakham, the Governor at that time, decided to
present the old City Hall building to the Fine Arts Departmeknt for
restoration in the view of opening Ubon Ratchathani National Museum.
This museum includes expositions on geography, geology, history,
archaeology, folkloric customs and ecthnogy of Ubon Ratchathani
proince and neighboring arese. These are Didplayed in ten exposition
galleries.
The Fine Arts Department invited Her Royal Highness
Princess Sirindhorn to preside over the inauguration cermony of Ubon
Ratchathani National Museum on 30th June 1989.
Ubon Ratchatani : The City
of Splendid Lotus
Ubon Ratchatani is the easternmost province of the southern
part of northeast region, Thailand. This region embraces plains and
three important rivers which are the Chi, the Mun and the Mekhong
rivers. Furthermore, many tributaies, large and small water
recervoirs make these vasr expanses into fertility land and this
area was suitable living places since ancient times. The traces of
human-being in Ubon Ratchatani province date back to about ten
thousand years ago. Prehistoric tools were discovered at Ta Lao
cave. Civilization graduallu flourished, then communities became
larger. People learn how to make earthenware from baked clay, tools
and utensils from metals and ornaments from stone and glass,
Arty-crafty creations involved popular believes and rites of the
ancient society.
Since the 7th century A.D., the scattered
communitied in the vasr plateau gradually evolved and entered into
the historic era. Records were made by means of alphabets. Ideolatry
and religious places of worship emerged. Social life became more
intricate as successive civilizations infolded.
Dvaravait Culture (7th-11th centuries A.D.,) had
its sanctuary in the Chao Phraya flood plain. The remains of this
period involved religious belives, for example, Buddha images, Sema
(stone boundary) etc. These artifacts are found in the northern part
of the province.
Pre-Angkor (or Chenla) civilization (7th-9th centuries
A.D.) was based on the Brahman, The evidences of this period are
scluptures, architecture and inscription were discovered near the
Mun river's mouth.
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