Ban Hun Lek Metal Art Museum

Ban Hun Lek Metal Art Museum is a private open-air museum in Mueang Ang Thong District, Ang Thong Province, central Thailand, about 100 km north of Bangkok. Founded by local metal sculptor Phairot Thongchuen, it displays hundreds of life-size and large-scale sculptures made from recycled scrap metal, including robots, aliens, superheroes, animals and vehicles. The site combines exhibition areas with an active workshop where visitors can watch artisans welding and assembling sculptures.

Visitors can expect an open-air yard and covered halls filled with hundreds of scrap-metal sculptures, including Transformers-style robots, Alien and Predator figures, superheroes, dinosaurs, animals and vintage vehicles, all made from recycled car and motorcycle parts. The site includes photo-friendly display areas and an active workshop where artisans cut and weld metal. Paths are mostly outdoors on concrete and gravel, with souvenir shop areas selling small metal crafts.

Founded by Thai metal artist Phairot Thongchuen, who began creating art from scrap automobile and machinery parts. What started as a private workshop gradually expanded into a public museum, showcasing the development of recycled-metal sculpture as a contemporary craft in central Thailand.

Showcases Thai ingenuity in upcycling and metal craftsmanship, promoting recycling through popular culture art. The museum supports local artisans and demonstrates how traditional welding skills are applied to contemporary pop-culture and creative expression.