Each week we post a link (or two) to an article in Bangkok 101 - and this
week we point you to an article about the Red Cross Snake Farm.
The building was opened in 1913 and was known as the Queen
Saovabha Memorial Institute. following this the Royal Family became involved
because the daughter of a Prince in Thailand died from rabies – the king
supported a government institution researching into creating a vaccine for
rabies and venomous snake study.
In 1917 it became the Pasteur Institute and the Red Cross Society
taking over the administrative duties. Following the death of Queen Saovabha the King built a permanent
memory to her and for it to be used for research in the field of research into
medical science….
And today it does the same thing - http://www.saovabha.com/th/default.asp.
The closest BTS is Sala Daeng.
It is certainly worth visiting if you are in Bangkok and have an
interest in this sort of thing – for more information please click here.
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