The Nithat Culture Hall is a museum set up due to the initiative of the Vice Councilor of the Sangha Council, Region 6, as the abbot of Wat Si Khom Kham wished to keep intact his collection of ancient objects, he had accumulated over 40 years. When it was suggested that the collection was of national importance, the Fine Arts Department agreed to take it over. The museum opened in 1996 at a ceremony presided over by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

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