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Gallery 1 explores the formative years of Thailand-U.S. relations by highlighting the historical treaties that bound these two nations together and by examining the exchange of gifts between Thai Kings and the Presidents of the United States.
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Gallery 1 explores the formative years of Thailand-U.S. relations by highlighting the historical treaties that bound these two nations together and by examining the exchange of gifts between Thai Kings and the Presidents of the United States. |
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Gallery
2
explores
a new focus on the Thai Royal Gift Exchange by examining His Majesty King
Chulalongkorn's Gifts to the United States for Thailand's participation
in US World expositions. |
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Gallery 3 explores a small sample of recent gifts from the Thai Monarchs to the United States and puts this lasting friendship into its historical perspective. |
The symbolic exchange of gifts between Thailand and the United States established a bond between two very different nations and sealed a friendship that endures to this day.
The text of this exhibition
has been drawn from the book by Lisa McQuail, Treasures
of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America (published
in 1997 by: Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C. 20560-0112, USA). See that book for further information, illustration and
bibliography.
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