It is at house number 273 on Soi Charoen Krung 43, near the Sri Rat Expressway, several hundred metres from the left bank of the Chao Phraya River.

[1] On 1 October 2004, the museum was bequeathed to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration by Waraporn Surawadee who had inherited it from her mother.

These include the old Benjarong jar made from Thai porcelain in five basic colors, from the King Rama V period (1858 – 1910).

[2] The second building in the Bangkok Folk Museum is at the rear and was once intended to be the home and clinic of Dr. Francis Christian, the stepfather of the owner.

It houses records of the history of the district, and an insight into the origins of the early roads and canals.