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title: Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum
author: Kim Martins
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11034/spirit-house-at-the-jim-thompson-house-museum/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum

_Authored by [Kim Martins](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kim.martins/)_

## Image File

[![Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11034.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11034.jpg)

## Image Caption

Spirit house in the gardens of the Jim Thompson House Museum Bangkok, Thailand. The spirit house was built in c. 1959 CE and is an exact replica of the larger Jim Thompson house and complex. It is the Thai belief that the spirit house would appease any spirits that might have been disturbed by the construction of a new building on old ground. Photo taken July 2019 CE.

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## About the Author

Kim is a freelance writer based in New Zealand. She has a B.A. (Hons) in History and an M.A. in Chaos and Complexity Science. Her special interests include the exploration of the early modern world and the history of science.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Martins, K. (2019, July 28). Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11034/spirit-house-at-the-jim-thompson-house-museum/>
### Chicago
Martins, Kim. "Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 28, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11034/spirit-house-at-the-jim-thompson-house-museum/>.
### MLA
Martins, Kim. "Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Jul 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11034/spirit-house-at-the-jim-thompson-house-museum/>.

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