The Maha Viravong National Museum  was created around a collection of antique artifacts which belonged to Somdej Phra Maha Viravong (Oun Tisso) who was once a significant monk in northeast Thailand. These antiques were collected from various provinces and kept at his temple while he was the abbot in charge of the monks as Wat Suthajinda in Nakhon Ratchasima city. Later, this collection of antiques was handed over to the Fine Art Department in order to bring them to the public's attention. It was in 1954 that the Fine Art Department constructed a contemporary Thai-style, one-storey house in the compound of Wat Suthajinda, and the house was established as a national museum. The museum was named in honour of its founder as the "Maha Viravong National Museum." In additono to the original collection of phra Maha Viravong, other cultural materials from archaeological sites and monuments found in Nakhon Ratchasima and near by as well as those from privately donated are also on exhibition.