The museum at the home of Suchart Subsin was founded in 1987 by Suchart
and his family. The Subsin family have collected shadow puppets from
various regions of Thailand and some other countries including China,
Cambodia and India. The award-winning museum has won local and
international praise for its role in education and preserving ancient
folk arts. Local students regularly visit the museum which has become a
source of great pride to the people of Nakhon Si Thammarat. Characters
from the nang talung plays have become synonymous with the city
and depictions of them can be seen in various locations around Nakhon
Si Thammarat and on souvenirs from the area.