This small museum contains correspondence and artwork from former POWs that detail their harsh living conditions, plus various personal effects and war relics, including an Allied bomb dropped to destroy the bridge that didn't explode. The main reason to come, however, is that one of the three galleries is built from bamboo in the style of the shelters (called attap ) the POWs lived in.
Jeath is an acronym of the warring countries involved in the railway: Japan, England, Australia/USA, Thailand and Holland. This acronym is also used on many signs outside the WWII Museum.
The Jeath museum is run by the monks of the adjacent Wat Chaichumphon (Wat Tai), which is worth a wander because it has many interesting statues and shrines, including one fashioned from a WWII-era boat dredged out of the river.
