2/5 Lindsay H. 6 years ago on Google
[NB:
This
review
is
for
the
Phuket
Baba
Museum,
a.k.a.
the
Peranakannitat
Museum,
in
Phuket
Town,
not
the
other
Baba
Museum
in
Phuket,
which
sounds
lovely!]
Don't
waste
your
time.
This
building
is
attractive
from
the
outside,
and
the
gold
jewelry
collection
in
the
old
vault,
as
well
as
the
gorgeous
furniture
in
the
lobby
area,
is
well
worth
a
10-minute
stop;
but
don't
wait
around
for
the
second
floor
to
open.
There's
not
actually
a
museum
display
upstairs;
instead,
it's
a
30-minute
"new
media"
presentation
across
5
rooms:
two
that
involve
mostly
(entirely?)
CGI
videos
portraying
a
young
Chinese
boy
immigrating
to
Phuket,
plus
a
virtual
tour
(with
chunky,
clunky
renderings)
of
what
the
building
might
have
looked
like
back
when
it
was
a
home;
a
video
of
a
woman
washing
laundry
and
children
playing
with
water
projected
against
a
backdrop
of
the
kitchen
area;
a
video
portraying
women's
traditional
clothing
patterns
projected
against
a
mannequin;
and
videos
of
food
cooking,
projected
in
giant
skillets
and
pots.
It's...weird,
to
say
the
least,
and
there
are
much
better
things
to
be
doing
in
the
area--but
at
least
this
is
free,
so
if
you
need
some
air
conditioning,
I
suppose
it's
a
decent
way
to
kill
30
minutes.
As
of
February
2018,
the
new
media
presentation
happened
at
10:30
a.m.
and
1:30
p.m.
Tuesday-Friday,
and
on
Saturdays
and
Sundays
at
10:30
a.m.,
1:30
p.m.,
and
3:30
p.m.
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