Getting Worked Up At The Thai Labor Museum

One of the more curious museums in Bangkok is the Thai Labor Museum. It's off the beaten path, a bit worn around the edges, not really a tourist destination. It's a, ahem, labor of love. And also a good look at the development of labor in Thailand, giving a tiny voice to the underclass, the immigrants, the peeps not normally featured in any sort of museum.

There are a few exhibits of ancient, slave era stuff before the museum segues to the more recent past of Chinese labor. Typical, cramped housing. With opium pipe.

The heyday of manufacturing, brand name textile, clothes work in the 1970's and beyond. Your Fancy Logo Sewn Here.

Labor disaster. A cutaway diorama of a toy factory, part of an exhibit about a large fire at the facility in 1993. The incident is considered the worst industrial fire in history, killing 188 people.

Back to the Chinese, brought in to build railroads. What to do with your precious time off? Head to Thai boxing, of course!

Old propaganda poster, comparing communist and free rice production. Not sure the images depict much difference.