A more interesting museum is the Jim Thompson house museum, which has many facets to it. Jim was an American architect who moved to Bangkok, due to his great love for Oriental culture and art. He built a house out of antique parts, a door from here, a floor from there, and filled his house with Chinese art of various sorts in 1959. He went on an exploration trip to Malaysia in 1967, and completely disappeared. What happened to him is not known and his body was never found. Along the way he had started a textile business, including making silk garments and things, which is still going. 
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