Skip the Line: Patpong Museum Guided Tour
Description
Bangkok's only red light district museum covering 100 years of history. 1 hour of fun experience in an air conditioned environment, conveniently located in the center of town. Heard of all the Patpong scam? Come to the museum and explore the rich history plus where today the good places and best deals are!
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A fun and interactive exhibition of 100 years Asian history through the perspective of Patpong road. You learn about Thailand's industrialization, the Vietnam War and how the CIA got involved, David Bowie, Robert de Niro and other Superstars and what all of that has to do with Patpong. A refreshment in an authentic Patpong bar is part of the tour, before you get to see the +18 rated nightlife part including a preview into a ping pong show. The tour is couple friendly and yet a bit naughty.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(80)
0. Either the place doesnt exist or has closed but I paid money to someone or something and when I called to see how to get there It sounded like someone on a motorcycle and they couldnt understand me . So I just forfeited the 10 bucks
Interesting museum to visit. We absolutely recommend a guidence tour, since you'lll hear many interesting details. The place was easy to find.
Great museum! Informative and interesting to understand the forgotten war, development of Patpong and much more.
Got great history lesson of the area and learned about the people that shaped the Patong area. You also learn a bit more about the development of the sex industry which was unique. Easy and interesting tour with narration and visuals as aids. Highly recommend if your in the area.
The wealth of knowledge provided is insurmountable. Even as an American, I learned American history I was never aware of. If you are in Bangkok you need to stop by and tour this museum.
This was a very disappointing experience and I would not recommend it. We had an American tour guide called Randy. The way Randy told the history of Patpong was predominantly just about the Americans who had visited (Jim Thompson, CIA soldiers and American military, multinational companies, and David Bowie). The curating also reflected this focus. The tour was about 1 hour or 1.5 hours long and we had no choice but to take it. When we wandered off (bored) Randy snapped and wouldn’t let us look at the exhibition alone. Randy made some very strange comments in support of US military war criminals in Laos. The tour ended with a very transphobic display, which forces visitors to guess the genitals of Thai women. When we refused to play the game, Randy got very defensive. The perspectives of sex workers was also absent. This could be such an incredible museum of an area with rich history but Randy felt like an inappropriate guide and teller of these stories. The curating felt very disconnected from the Thai people who live and work in this area.
Lovely tour. great guide really. educational an interesting and they keep it fun and silly too. Learned a lot about the history of Bangkok and Americas weird influence over the years. war has many odd and lingering faces.
We had a really nice time with our guide, he explained us the history of Patpong and was very funny and interesting to listen to
We had a great tour of the hidden side of the city and a community. Our guide was friendly and very informative.
The museum is very informative and helpful, and the speakers are very fun, not boring, just for first-time tourists.
