Songkhla National Museum

Built in 1878 the Governor's Palace (seat of the Na Songkhla family) is a wonderful Chinese style building with splendid carvings; nowadays it is a National Museum. There is another museum in the Matchimawat Wat. Both house valuable bronze sculptures from the Srivijaya period, which bear a strong resemblance to early eastern and central Javanese art, ceramics from the Srivijaya and Ayutthaya periods together with everyday objects, including many curiosities (mostly discoveries from Sathing Phra).