national film archive and community cinema

Thai Film Archive (Sri Salaya Theatre)

Salaya (Phutthamonthon district), Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Thailand's national film archive in Salaya (Nakhon Pathom, a day trip west of Bangkok) runs the Sri Salaya community cinema plus other halls, with mostly free public screenings of restored Thai classics and world cinema, alongside a walk-in film museum. It is a heritage outing few tourists reach.

The National Film Archive of Thailand building in Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, which runs the Sri Salaya community cinema and film museum.

The National Film Archive of Thailand building in Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, which runs the Sri Salaya community cinema and film museum. Photo by Curtis Winston (User:Wisekwai), CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

Hours

Official source, current

Open Tuesday to Sunday, closed Monday. Library and audiovisual service and gift shop Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00, group visits Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 17:00, offices Monday to Friday (general inquiries 9:30 to 17:30, registry 9:00 to 17:00, per the official contact page, so department hours vary). Sri Salaya and other-hall cinema showtimes vary by program: fetched screening pages showed weekend afternoon shows at 13:00 and 15:30, so check the showtime page for the exact session.

“วันอังคาร-วันอาทิตย์ เวลา 10.00 น. - 17.00 น.”

fapot.or.th · Checked 24 Jul 2026

Price

Official source, current

Free for the senior-group screening program per the official site (กิจกรรมไม่มีค่าใช้จ่าย, the activity has no charge, for groups aged 50+, 20 to 100 people, at the 112-seat Sai Lai theatre). Regular public screenings are reserved through a free online seat-booking system (สำรองที่นั่ง), but no fetched page states a baht admission price for general public screenings, so general free admission is reported but not confirmed word for word on an official page.

“กิจกรรมไม่มีค่าใช้จ่าย”

fapot.or.th · Checked 24 Jul 2026

Age suitability

Not verified

Not verified. No source we checked states this, so it stays blank instead of guessed.

Checked 24 Jul 2026

Caveats

Verified independently this run. All three cited snippets were re-fetched fresh and each actually appears on its cited official page: the price snippet on educate/senior (states the senior-group program is free of charge), and the hours snippet on the contact page (Library and Media Center, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to…

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