This museum is located in Ban Chiang, Tambol Ban Chiang. It is and important historical site both of Northeast Thailand and of Southeast Asia. The Ban Chiang archaeological site was surveyed and excavated in 1974-1975 by the Fine Arts Department. This work revealed the site to contain artifacts from as far back as 5,600-1,800 years. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) registered the site as a World Heritage Site of History at Carthage, Tunisia in December 1992. The museum has two exhibition site:
Site 1 : Pho Si Nai Thailand Temple Excavation Pit. This feature an open museum, the first of its kind in Thailand. There is permanent exhibition of archaeological excavation for visitors witness art objects as they would have appeared when they were discovered. Most of the objects on display are earthenware artifacts that were buried as a part of funerary rituals.
Site 2 : Somdet Phra srinagarindra Bormmaratchachonnani Building the exhibition of Ban Chiang on display here was once borrowed for display in the United States and Singapore. The exhibition has two segments: 'Ban Chiang in the Past', encompassing ancient objects abd evidence found in the excavation of the Ban Chaing archaeological site; abd 'Today's Ban Chiang', which focuses on contemporary ways of life, tools, utensils, and folk arts. In addition, there is a briefing room, film and still screening, and other educational services.


