The exhibition area          The building of Surin National Museum divided in four sections as follow. Section 1 is a hall of entrance and a sidewalk. Section 2 is a meeting room, auditorium, children room and library. Section 3 is exhibition hall and office. Section 4 is storehouse Museum collection          The exhibition of Surin National Museum can be divided in 5 topics (now are not finished) Natural Sciences          Display about the physics condition of Surin province : topography, climate, geology, natural resources such as soil, water, forest, wild animals, national parks, etc. Since Surin province is one of the high quality Jusmin Rice resources, there is also the rice and farming display. The displayedsamples are plants, local animals, soil, stone, mineral, strain of Jusmin and local rice. History-Archaeology          Concerns about the development of people since prehistoric period according the evidence discovered in Surin province about 2000-1500 years ago, Davaravati period about the 7-8th Century, Khmer culture period about the 7-13th Century, Lanchang-Ayuddhaya period about the 19th Century. Display the model of life styles and funeral ceremony of the prehistoric people and antiquities of Davaravati, Khmer and Ayuddhaya-Lanchang period discovered in Surin province. Besides, there are models of ancient monument and audio-visual to give knowledge in Archaeology and History of Arts in Surin province. Local History          Concerns about the history of Surin province since the Kui people caught the white elephant escaped from the Royal Palace in Ayuddhaya, caused the Kui village be promoted to town which later reform the government to the lieutenant governor and democracy, Besides, the contents also concern about the history of economics, social, population and education. Display the model of important events of City History of Surin province such as the white elephant catching, the train to Surin province, the first age of market condition with goods which can help the audience to imbue the history of Surin province since the ancient time to present. Ethnology          Concerns about the population in Surin province which can be divided into 3 groups : Kui, good in catching and training elephant; Khmer, the original group of Surin province; Laos the latter group immigrated to Surin province. Display the models of life styles of the three groups such as their houses, ceremonies, photographs and paintings, daily tools and objects reflected their lives and cultures Besides, there is also a computer touch screen to give other information. Local heritage          Concerns about the famous culture heritage of Surin province : hand-crafts such as silver ornaments and silk weaving; folk performances such as "Ruam" or local singing and local dancing, "Jariang" or local singing and local music such as "Kantruem"; elephant keeping which is famous throughout the world. Display the models, photographs and audio-visual of the hand-crafts production and their usefulness with some samples of silk cloth and silver, besides, the model screen of the elephant-keeper village and audio-visual will help the audience get knowledge about the local wisdom heritage since the ancient time till present. Organization Structure