JEATH War Museum

The JEATH War Museum (Template:Langx) are two war museums in Kanchanaburi, Thailand about the Death Railway, which was built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese as part of the Thai-Burma railways. The older JEATH museum is located in the CBD area of Kanchanaburi, while the other is located near the Bridge over the River Kwai.

Name

The acronym JEATH stands for the primary nationalities involved in the construction of the railway: Japanese, English, Australian, American, Thai and Dutch,<ref name="waymarking">Template:Cite web</ref> whereas the Thai name is Phíphítháphan Songkhram Wát Tâi (Wat Tai War Museum).<ref name="planet">Template:Cite web</ref>

Founding

The museum was founded in 1977 by the chief abbot of Wat Chaichumpol Venerable Phra Theppanyasuthee. It is located on the grounds of a temple at the junction of the Khwae Yai and Khwae Noi rivers in Kanchanaburi and it is a part of the famous The Bridge over the River Kwai saga.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The museum

The museum is divided into two sections, one depicting the construction of the Death Railway which is meant to recreate the quarters used by Allied POWs, and the other consisting of reconstructed bamboo huts containing such items as paintings, drawings and photos of and by former prisoners, weapons, tools, and maps.<ref name=bridge>Template:Cite web</ref>

Tourist photos are not permitted in Section I of the museum.<ref name=bridge />

Gallery

• Name sign at the front of the museum
  Name sign at the front of the museum
• Section of the museum narrating the construction of the Death Railway
  Section of the museum narrating the construction of the Death Railway
• A military exhibit at the museum
  A military exhibit at the museum

See also

• Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
• Thailand–Burma Railway Centre
• Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Myanmar

External links

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• Webpage about the museum