Thailand > Kanchanaburi > Muang Kanchanaburi District > Jeath War Museum

“ Museum shows paintings wrote from prisoners’ experience, including of bomb, appliances during World War. ”

This museum located at Wat Chai Chumphon Chana Songkram (Wat Tai), turn left from the old city gate which is not so far and can be parked at Wat Chai Chumphon.

Museum Characteristics: starting from building construction like JEATH WAR CAMP in World War II. All building is baboo, “U” features. The roof is made if nipa palin, 1 meter platform and the prisomes of war’s mattress is made of bamboo, “Jeath War”, the way of life photograph will be shown in all area of building. This painting wrote from prisoners’ experience, including of bomb, appliances during World War. One another building is prisoners appliances for exchanging food with Thai people when shortage, spoon, fork, khife, etc.

This enclave in the riverside precincts of Wat Chaichumphon has been constructed largely in the form of an Allied prisoners of war camp. The name JEATH is derived from Japan, England, America, Australia, Thailand, and Holland. The thatched detention hut with cramped, elevated bamboo bunks contains photographic, pictorial, and physical memorabilia dating from the World War II.

Open daily from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.