Only the new museum is open. Unusual experience. Sign in to get a tour of the vaults where you can see the history of Thai money and commerce. You are watched every step of the way.. of course we wanted to see the old building but as already mentioned it is closed.

I visited this gorgeous former palace about a month ago and was told by angry guards at the front gate that it's closed to the public. Across the street is the rather new Bank of Thailand Museum, but how we can visit this masterpiece and the adjacent Devavesm Palace is a grand mystery. I can find no reliable website that gives accurate, up-to-date information on architectural and historical places in the capital which are great but not so famous. To wit, today, I visited Varadis - another former royal mansion which is now a museum. I was treated very rudely by several staff members, from cooks to a custodian to some manager type, who barked at me that "no foreigners are allowed." I asked how a museum can be closed to people who love to learn, and got nothing but babble in response.