About Korat Fossil Museum
Korat Fossil Museum, also known as the Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources, is located in Suranaree Subdistrict, Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand. It is notable for its extensive collection of petrified wood, dinosaur and ancient elephant fossils discovered in northeastern Thailand. The museum showcases geological history spanning millions of years through well-preserved specimens, dioramas and interactive exhibits focused on paleontology and regional natural history.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a modern museum complex on the Suranaree University of Technology campus with three main exhibition buildings displaying petrified wood logs, dinosaur skeletons, ancient elephant and other vertebrate fossils, geological exhibits and dioramas of prehistoric environments. The setting is educational and family-friendly with indoor exhibition halls, outdoor fossil displays, information panels and guided tour areas explaining the natural history of the Khorat Plateau.
Key highlights
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Extensive collection of petrified wood from the Khorat Plateau, some over 300,000 years old
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Dinosaur fossils and skeletons discovered in Nakhon Ratchasima Province
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Ancient elephant and other Cenozoic mammal fossils
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Interactive geological and paleontological exhibition halls with dioramas