Wattana Wittaya Academy is a living history of Presbyterian work in Thailand. From a small entity set up more than 130 years ago, this school has flourished. It is now one of the country’s leading education institutions for girls, providing a lot of services to the community and producing generation after generation of quality citizen for the country.
When it was first set up, it was called “Harriet M. House School for Girls” in the USA. However, in Thailand (then called Siam) people called it “Wanglang School”, which was the name of the place. Later, the school was moved to a place where it is now and was renamed “Wattana Wittaya Academy”.
Witnessing many changes occurred in the Thai society and the community around the neighborhood all along the time, the school itself has also become part of the history of education in Thailand. The school museum is established to act:-
- as a collector and repository for artifacts and archival material used in the school, relating to the school and concerning the history of Presbyterian’s works in Thailand.
- as a site for exhibiting and interpreting artifacts and archival materials.
- as a research facility for those interested in local history and history of Presbyterian’s work in Thailand.