The Human Body Museum

Officially a departmental teaching collection inside Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Dentistry. It is only intermittently listed in guides, but it is worth making the effort to find.

The collection holds around 2,000 specimens and is best known for two remarkable exhibits: a complete dissection of the human peripheral nervous system and a full dissection of the arterial system, both removed intact from human bodies. The preparation technique that takes years and is rarely seen outside major medical schools. There are also specimens documenting congenital anomalies, pathological conditions and developmental stages from conception onwards.

It is clinical rather than theatrical, which in some ways makes it more unsettling than Siriraj. The forensic museum there comes with the drama of crime and punishment. Here, the displays are simply anatomical fact: this is what a body looks like, broken down into its component systems and preserved under glass.

Visitors are required to remove their shoes. Bags go in lockers. Photography is restricted.

9/F, Dental Building, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Wang Mai, Pathumwan. BTS Sala Daeng or MRT Sam Yan. Open Monday and Friday, 9am-4pm; Wednesday, 9am-12pm. Closed Tuesday, Thursday and weekends. Free entry.