Thailand-Burma Railway Centre

Also known as the Death Railway Museum, this is arguably Thailand’s most evocative museum facility. In a dignified manner, it retells the harrowing story of prisoners’ fight to survive under extreme conditions while building the Thailand–Burma Railway. It is told through a variety of wartime artefacts and film footage, and uniquely, from the viewpoint of both allied prisoners of war and their Japanese captors. Combine a visit with a sobering stroll on the infamous 300m-long bridge, and see the old WWII-era trains and remembrance gardens. The nearby JEATH Museum also eloquently describes the forced labour conditions experienced building the railway, mainly through a collage of photos and journals donated by POW survivors.