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The Art of Silk Traditional Lao Textiles Museum
Street address: Gender Resource Information and Development Centre (GRID), Lao Women's Union, Thanon Manthatourath, Ban Xiengyeun Thong, Muang Chanthaburi, Vientiane, Laos
Mailing address: Gender Resource Information and Development Centre (GRID), Lao Women's Union, P O Box 59, Vientiane, Laos
Telephone: 856 (0) 21 413228
Fax: 856 (0) 21 416343
Proprietor: The Art of Silk
Contact: Bandith Prathoumvan (f) The Art of Silk Project Director, Lao Women's Union
Telephone: 856 (0) 20 551 6264 (mobile)
Opening hours: Variable; closed Sun
This small museum of antique and modern textiles from all over the country was established in 1994 following a series of international conferences on the preservation and promotion of Lao traditional weaving organised by the Institute of Cultural Research (ICR).
 
 
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The Laos Cultural Profile was created in partnership with the Ministry of Information and Culture of Laos with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation
Date updated: 29 April 2005
 
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