Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center
The Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center is located on the second floor of Wat Traimit. The exhibition comprises of six zones describing the history and the making of Chinatown in chronological order. Opened in 2009, the center is the one of Bangkok’s newest attractions. It offers a lot of interesting information from the past to present in an interactive environment.
Zone 1 features a small theater area. A video presentation tells the story of life in Yaowarat in the 1940s. The Thai monarchs allowed the Chinese immigrants to live in peace and do commerce.