CMU Art Center

           

            If you are an art lover, you shouldn’t miss this unique cultural museum! The museum is operated by the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University. Located on the end of Nimman Road, CMU Art Center is the main art center in northern region of Thailand under an aim of “Live Art Museum” policy.

            The museum exhibits many collections of artworks and activities expecting to communicate to people to perceive and understand more the society, culture, and nature through an aesthetics way. Also it comes equipped with modern technology for getting more information about the museum from past to present.

           

            At the museum, it provides an art library and theatre for creating a sense of edutainment to all visitors and art hall to exhibit all fields of fine arts study from art students, professors, and artists. Outside the art gallery zone of the museum, it is organized to Lanna and contemporary music show, jazz, classic, Thai dancing, puppet, including projecting movie. To say, the museum puts an aim in including visual arts into any other fields to fill this quiet museum with delightful sounds, to make the museum lively.  

            Just enjoy the show!

Chiang Mai Walking Street on Sunday

Chiang Mai Sunday Market Walking Street

On every weekly Sunday, the Chiang Mai Walking Street or being known as Sunday Market for the foreigners will be held around 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. regularly, starting at Chiang Mai’s Thapae Gate running along through the center of the city on  Ratchadumnoen Road. From the name, it literally means that the streets of the heart of the city are officially closed to traffic for people to make a sale, have a dinner, meet and converse, stroll, and enjoy shopping.  The atmosphere is filled with the image of warm light of the stalls and many old temples and pagodas contrasting with a dark black sky of the night time, being decorated with the cultural northern street entertainment.

The streets divide into many smaller roads and sell many several kinds of goods; local crafts, silks, arts, ceramics, accessories, home decors, foods, and souvenirs with a reasonable price and will ensure you that it is a unique one in the world. It is like the street is a display for those local skillful and creative artists and craftmen to show their own skills and ideas to the public. The walking street also opens street shows for those who want to show his or her own ability to others, such as a Blind Music Show, dancings, and so on. Also, the Northern Thai foods are available here with the smell of rice and spicy and the rare Thai desserts are sweet enough to draw you to hurry to taste it for sure!

So, make a visit this unmissable street of the Northern cultural way of life and enjoy an unforgettable experience!