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Thailand's first & finest gem & mineral museum

GIT Museum Entrance
 

GIT's Gem & Jewelry Museum is designed to promote knowledge and understanding of Thailand's gem and jewelry industry and heritage. The museum also serves as the place for preserving samples of gem and jewelry for present and future generations.

Background

The permanent exhibition illustrates gem mining and production processes, rough and cut gems, categorization of gems by varieties and properties and designs and manufacturing of jewelry, as well as video presentations on the gem and jewelry industry and gem and jewelry trade statistics. In addition, computer-aided instruction has been installed in the museum for self-guided tours.

Objectives

The establishment of the GIT Gem & Jewelry Museum has the following objectives:

  • Provide a location for the preservation, study, research and exhibition of a comprehensive collection of Thai gems, minerals and jewelry
  • Serve as an on-goiing self-study center for members of the gem and jewelry industry, course participants, students, tourists and the general public
  • Demonstrate the success of Thailand in exporting gems and jewelry
  • Celebrate His Majesty the King's 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary
Exhibits

In this museum, the entire processing chain of gems and jewelry is illustrated, from mining of minerals through the cutting, polishing and enhancement processes, to the manufacture of finished jewelry.

Exhibits include the origin of gems and minerals, lapidary arts, classification of gemstones and precious metals, quality grading, jewelry manufacturing procedures, as well as that of synthetic & imitation gemstones.

The exhibition zones in the museum are as follows:

Zone A: Origin and gemstone mines in Thailand
 

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Zone B: Gem & Mineral Classification
Zone C: Diamond
 

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Zone D: Cutting and jewelry manufacturing
 

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Zone E: Organic gemstones
Zone F: Synthetic gemstones
Zone G: Gold mines and other precious metals
 

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Zone H: Fashion jewelry
Theater: Video showing the origin of gemstones from extraction to the production of jewelry. Also a special exhibit of gem fluorescence
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