Shadow Puppet Museum

The Shadow Puppet Museum, also known as Suchart Subsin House of Shadow Puppet, is located in Nai Mueang, Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat City, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. Founded by National Artist Suchart Subsin, it preserves the southern Thai art of Nang Talung shadow puppetry. The museum displays hundreds of intricately carved leather puppets, tools, and performance screens, and is notable for live demonstrations and workshops that showcase this traditional performing art.

Visitors can expect a small house-museum with indoor exhibition rooms displaying hundreds of Nang Talung and Nang Yai leather shadow puppets, carved hide figures, performance screens, and puppet-making tools. The setting is a traditional workshop-residence where artisans demonstrate puppet carving and manipulation. Visitors can view detailed craftsmanship, watch short shadow play demonstrations, learn about characters and stories, and browse a souvenir shop with miniature puppets.