Ban Kuti Jihn Museum,
also
transliterated Baan
Kudichin Museum
and known in Thai as
Phiphithaphan Ban
Kuti
Jihn, is a
small family-run museum that is
housed in a building that used to be the home of a Catholic family in the
Kuti Jihn Community
(fig.).
The museum
is dedicated to the history, culture and traditions of
this old Portuguese - Thai community, especially the
historical events in the period immediately
after the fall of
Ayutthaya in 1767.
Ban Kuti Jihn
Museum
Ban Kuti Jihn
Museum
These events include the
battle led by General
Taksin
that
drove the Burmese out of
Siam,
with the support from
the Portuguese in terms
of weapons supply, such
as of cannons and
muskets, but also
Portuguese mercenaries.