QUEEN SIRIKIT OF THAILAND OPENED AN EXHIBITION OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS AT THE MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY IN MUNICH ON WEDNESDAY ON THE THIRD DAY OF HER VISIT TO GERMANY, ACCORDING TO DPA. STONE CARVINGS, SILVERWARE, POTTERY, SILK EMBROIDERY AND COLOURFUL TEXTILES ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE SHOW ENTITLED TREASURES OF NATIONS. THE MONARCH ATTENDED THE OPENING CEREMONY WITH BAVARIAN SCIENCE MINISTER THOMAS GOPPEL, WHO SPOKE OF THE "FASCINATION THAT THE ANCIENT CULTURE OF THAILAND HAS FOR THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE. QUEEN SIRIKIT, WHO HAD TEA WITH GERMANY'S FIRST LADY EVA LUISE KOEHLER IN BERLIN ON TUESDAY, IS TO BE GUEST OF HONOUR AT A DINNER HOSTED BY BAVARIAN PREMIER EDMUND STOIBER ON THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY, SHE WAS DUE TO RECEIVE MEMBERS OF THE THAI COMMUNITY BEFORE FLYING HOME TO BANGKOK ON SATURDAY EVENING AT THE END OF A EUROPEAN TOUR THAT ALSO INCLUDED VISITS TO AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.
