Thai Rubik – Play Instinct : Play for real

June 10 – September 28, 2025

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Closed on Mondays)

At the rotating exhibition room 1-3, Museum Siam

When did you stop “playing”? Come join us for a new rotating exhibition, Thai Rubik – Play Instinct: Play for real. Before we speak, walk, or think analytically, we get to know the world… through play. Play isn’t just fun, it’s a playground for experimentation, trial and error, falling, and getting back up. This exhibition invites you to explore the “instinct of play,” which is never innocent.

Some toys teach courage, some hide ideology, and some may be waiting for someone to come back and “play it real.” Because play… never stops at childhood, but takes us far into who we are today… play it real. Free admission.

Events

Museum Siam invites everyone to join the Thai Rubik – Play Instinct: Play to Make It Real, experience a new perspective on “real” toys, and join in a seminar and workshop throughout the 4-month exhibition.

• June 28, 2015, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  Momentum Playable, Top Without Borders, Reviewing Value, Looking for New Possibilities in Old Toys from the Past by Ajarn Tawitthap Namkhajornroj, Rung Arun Thawi Watthana Folk Toy Museum, Rung Arun Folk Toys
• July 19, 2015, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  “Playing to the max” with Himmapan Marshmallow Because playing takes us to break the boundaries of both art and life. If we play well enough, we may have the power to change both beauty and meaning. By Mr. Komkrit Thepthian, creator of the phenomenon “Himmapan Marshmallow” from MOTMO STUDIO. Let’s talk to the max, without any mortar, by Chanchanok Ponsingh, Exhibition and Activities Department.
• August 16, 2015, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  From a wooden joint, expanded into a giant pavilion when "Therot Ple" carved from wood, not just a toy, but an architectural structure by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wira Inpanthang and Asst. Prof. Dr. Suktayuthi Charunuch, Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn University, invited to expand the model by Thaweesak Woraritruangurai, curator of the exhibition.
• September 20, 2015, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  Create an imaginative train line when childhood passion becomes a real imagination by Mr. Sujint Kaysuwan, a model train maker, inviting you to play for real by Thaweesak Woraritruangurai, exhibition curator.

You can register to join the event at https://forms.gle/qh8DhBvnZkyb2qANA