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title: Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum
author: Kim Martins
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11035/internal-teak-staircase-at-the-jim-thompson-house/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum

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

## Image File

[![Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11035.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11035.jpg)

## Image Caption

Internal teak staircase and Italian marble black and white tiles at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. The house was built in c. 1959 CE and incorporated six traditional teak houses that were brought down the canals or khlongs to the Jim Thompson House from the ruins of Ayutthaya (c. 1351 - 1757 CE) - the second Siamese capital. The photo was 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 29). Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11035/internal-teak-staircase-at-the-jim-thompson-house/>
### Chicago
Martins, Kim. "Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 29, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11035/internal-teak-staircase-at-the-jim-thompson-house/>.
### MLA
Martins, Kim. "Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, 29 Jul 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11035/internal-teak-staircase-at-the-jim-thompson-house/>.

## License & Copyright

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