The Central Plains of Thailand, incorporating Bangkok and the former Empire of Ayutthaya, is perhaps most artistically representative of Siam and Thailand. The Central region displays all the styles of the other areas of the country in addition to its own inherent art forms from the four-century-long Ayutthaya era and the present-day Ratanakosin or Bangkok era.

Apart from magnificent examples of architecture and sculpture, the Central Plains forged many of the crafts still practiced in modern-day Thailand, including gold work, wood-carving and ceramics production.